transformer

transformer


trans·form·er    Audio Help   (trāns-fôr'mər)   

n.  
  1. One that transforms.

  2. A device used to transfer electric energy from one circuit to another, especially a pair of multiply wound, inductively coupled wire coils that effect such a transfer with a change in voltage, current, phase, or other electric characteristic.

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