transformernoun [ C ]
uk/trænsˈfɔː.mər/us/trænsˈfɔːr.mɚ/a device that changes the voltage or other characteristic of electrical energy as it moves from one circuit to another:
Wire the fan and a 12-volt transformer to the light switch.
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Electrical components & circuitry
- accumulator
- anode
- armature
- baseband chip
- capacitor
- cathode ray
- chip
- circuit
- circuit board
- commutator
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- electrode
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- fuel cell
- fused
- grid
- integrated circuit
- negative pole
- NiCad
- parallel
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