EGAVE

converter

About 2.40 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A person or thing that converts. A device that changes voltage or frequency, for example one that converts alternating current to direct current. A retort or furnace, used e.g. 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. A reaction chamber in which exhaust gases are catalytically converted to carbon dioxide A program that converts one file format to another one, or which converts between different units of measurement, such as miles to meters.
  2. noun A device that changes voltage or frequency, for example one that converts alternating current to direct current.
  3. noun A retort or furnace, used e.g. 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.
  4. noun A reaction chamber in which exhaust gases are catalytically converted to carbon dioxide
  5. noun A program that converts one file format to another one, or which converts between different units of measurement, such as miles to meters.
  6. noun A patient with a certain condition that subsequently develops into another condition.
  7. noun A device that converts an analogue to a digital signal, or vice versa.
  8. noun Regional term for remote control.

Similar words

convertor conversion transformer translator digitizer reactor cutter nmc switching analogue

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Word family

converters convertor convertors

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