rectifier

/rek-tuh-fahy-er/US // ˈrɛk təˌfaɪ ər //UK // (ˈrɛktɪˌfaɪə) //

整流器,整机,整流板,整流子

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : a person or thing that rectifies.
- : Electricity. an apparatus in which current flows more readily in one direction than the other, for changing an alternating current into a direct current.
- : the apparatus that in distillation separates the most volatile material by condensing it; condenser.

Soon, the stores were filled with battery-less radio sets using rectifier tubes.
The mercury arc rectifier is a device for changing an alternating current into a direct current.
The English rectifier endeavours to imitate this by the addition of a little sugar.
The mercury-arc rectifier proper consists of a glass bulb containing vacuum and a small amount of mercury.
The circuit of a mercury-arc rectifier charging outfit is shown in Fig. 415.
Where no direct current supply is available, a motor-generator or a rectifier must be installed.