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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) converter
one that converts.

2.  converter
a device that converts alternating current to direct current or vice versa.

3.  converter
an auxiliary device that permits a radio or television receiver to pick up frequencies or channels for which it was not orig. designed.

4.  converter
a chamber or vessel through which an oxidizing blast of air is forced, as in making steel by the Bessemer process.

5.  converter
a nuclear reactor for converting fertile material into fissile fuel.

Etymology: (1525–35)

Definition of 'converter'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) converter, convertor
a device for changing one substance or form or state into another

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Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) converter
one who converts; one who makes converts

2. (noun) converter
a retort, used in the Bessemer process, in which molten cast iron is decarburized and converted into steel by a blast of air forced through the liquid metal

Definition of 'converter'

The Standard Electrical Dictionary

1. converter
An induction coil used with the alternating current for changing potential difference and inversely therewith the available current. They generally lower the potential, and increase the current, and are placed between the primary high potential system that connects the houses with the central station, and the secondary low potential system within the houses. A converter consists of a core of thin iron sheets, wound with a fine primary coil of many convolutions, and a coarse secondary coil of few convolutions. The ratio of convolutions gives the ratio of maximum potential differences of their terminals between the primary and secondary coils. The coil may be jacketed with iron to increase the permeance. (See Alternating Current System.)

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