English Explanatory Dictionary

converter

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

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Word forms

converter converters convertor

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *wert- Proto-Indo-European *wértetor Proto-Italic *wertō Proto-Italic *komwertō Latin convertōder. Old French convertirbor. Middle English converten English convert Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āsjos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English converter From convert + -er.

Derived words

analog-to-digital converter arc converter Bessemer converter buck converter Cadillac converter catalytic converter console converter delta-sigma converter digital converter box digital-to-analog converter ferroelectric converter ink converter interconverter maniverter nanoconverter nonconverter pentagrid converter photoconverter regional converter rotary converter seroconverter sigma-delta converter teleconverter time stretch analog-to-digital converter time-to-digital converter torque converter wide-angle converter

Translations

Czech: konvertor Czech: převodník Finnish: konvertteri Finnish: käännyttäjä Finnish: muunnin French: convertisseur Georgian: გარდამქმნელი Georgian: კონვერტერი Georgian: კონვერტორი Greek: μετατροπέας Indonesian: pengubah Norwegian Bokmål: omformer Slovak: konvertor Slovak: prevodník Spanish: convertidor Spanish: conversor Swedish: konverterare Tagalog: pamalinyo
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