English Dictionary

converter

IPA（発音記号）

/kənˈvɝtɚ/

名詞

(electrical engineering) A device that changes voltage or frequency, for example one that converts alternating current to direct current.

日本語の意味

電圧や周波数を変換する装置。例えば、交流を直流に変換する電気機器。

The converter failed during the peak load test, causing the factory to lose power.

ピーク負荷試験中に電力変換装置が故障し、工場が停電しました。

意味（1）

(electrical engineering) A device that changes voltage or frequency, for example one that converts alternating current to direct current.

意味（2）

(metallurgy) A retort or furnace, used e.g. in the Bessemer process, in which molten cast iron is decarburized and converted into steel by a blast of air forced through the liquid metal.

意味（3）

A reaction chamber in which exhaust gases are catalytically converted to carbon dioxide

意味（4）

(computing) A program that converts one file format to another one, or which converts between different units of measurement, such as miles to meters.

Coordinate term: unit convertor

意味（5）

(medicine) A patient with a certain condition that subsequently develops into another condition.

意味（6）

A device that converts an analogue to a digital signal, or vice versa.

converters （ plural ）