power pack
a device for converting the voltage from a power line or battery to the various voltages required by the components of an electronic circuit.
Origin of power pack
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How to use power pack in a sentence
He unhooked the cables and took the power pack from his back.
Islands of Space | John W CampbellArcot cocked an eye at the power pack, visualizing the circuits.
Islands of Space | John W CampbellThey came to find him looking meditatively at the power pack from one of the flying suits he had designed.
Islands of Space | John W CampbellOne was a very flat cone, much like a coolie-hat and hardly larger, with a sort of power-pack of coils and batteries attached.
Operation: Outer Space | William Fitzgerald JenkinsI'm thinking—suppose I made the field with a strobe-light power-pack—or maybe a spot-welding unit.
Operation: Outer Space | William Fitzgerald Jenkins
British Dictionary definitions for power pack
a device for converting the current from a supply into direct or alternating current at the voltage required by a particular electrical or electronic device
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