| 释义 |
con·vert·er
I. \kənˈvər]d.ə(r), -və̄], -vəi], ]tə-\ noun
(-s)
: one that converts a thing, person, or group
< is the steer that eats eight pounds of wheat, corn, and soybeans to give us one pound of meat an efficient food converter — George Poindexter >
as
a. : a workman or machine that performs a step or series of steps in the transformation of materials into a manufactured product (as a furnace in which air is blown through crude metal or matte to refine it or the operator of such a furnace)
b. or conver·tor \“\ : a device for changing energy from one form to another (as formerly a transformer or now a machine employing mechanical rotation) — see motor converter, synchronous converter
c. : a businessman or firm that buys unfinished goods for finishing; specifically : one that buys gray goods and finishes them by dyeing, bleaching, or printing
d. : a radio device usually consisting of an oscillator and mixing tube that is used in superheterodyne receivers or other equipment where a change of signal frequency is desired
e.
(1) : a cipher machine; especially : an electric one adaptable to automatic operation
(2) : a machine that transfers information from one code to another and usually from one recording medium to another
f. : an auxiliary device for adapting a television receiver to receive channels for which it was not originally designed
II. noun
1. : a device that accepts data in one form and changes it to another
< analog-digital converter >
2. : catalytic converter herein |