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converter

/kuhn-vur-ter/US // kənˈvɜr tər //UK // (kənˈvɜːtə) //

转换器,变流器,变换器,转化器

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person or thing that converts.
    • : Electricity. a device that converts alternating current to direct current or vice versa.Compare inverter, synchronous converter.
    • : Metallurgy. a chamber or vessel through which an oxidizing blast of air is forced, as in making steel by the Bessemer process.
    • : Television. decoder.
    • : Radio and Television. an auxiliary device that permits a receiver to pick up frequencies or channels for which it was not originally designed.
    • : Physics. a reactor for converting one kind of fuel into another kind.
    • : a person who is engaged in converting textile fabrics, especially cotton cloths, from the raw state into the finished product ready for the market by bleaching, dyeing, etc.
    • : Also called con·vert·er lens .Photography. an additional lens attached to a lens in use on a camera to alter focal length, mounted in front of a lens to produce a wide-angle effect or between the lens and the camera body to produce a telephoto effect .

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Examples

  • Both I and the Airstream dealer remained stumped on the cause, but I am open to the possibility that it was unreliable shore power from the campsite or perhaps a malfunctioning converter.

  • This is likely due to the use of the external interface’s own analog-to-digital conversion rather than the converters inside the microphone, and the end results felt a touch bit more detailed on the high-frequency end.

  • It’s a less expensive option than buying a standing desk converter, but you don’t get a keyboard tray.

  • A standing desk converter is basically a super-powered monitor stand.

  • When you go tall, you give up some style—standing desk converters are bulky brutes.

  • With the converter in operation, the first step in the cycle was the evacuation of the ducts to a near-perfect vacuum.

  • He boosted me into the chamber of the converter and pointed out an opening near the top, about twelve by twenty-four inches.

  • The roaring flames, rushing from the mouth of the converter, changes its violet color to orange and finally to pure white.

  • To load or charge the converter it is tilted over somewhat to one side so that molten pig iron can be poured into it.

  • During the whole time that the metal is in the converter, from twenty to thirty minutes, no fuel is used to keep it hot.