Transvertern.
/trɑːnzˈvəːtə//tranzˈvəːtə//trɑːnsˈvəːtə//transˈvəːtə/ Electrical Engineering.
An apparatus for converting alternating current into high-voltage direct current, and vice versa. (A proprietary name in the U.S.)
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1916 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 16 May 1070/1 Transverter... Electric motors, electric generators, and electric-motor generators.
1924 Glasgow Herald 17 June 9 The machine..is called a transverter... It both transforms, by raising the pressure and converts into direct current.
1975 Oxf. Times 5 Dec. 15/4 Mr Geoff Day..spoke..about a 384MHz amplifier for use with a 23cm transverter.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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