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converter (also convertor) US English

a person or thing that converts something

converter reactor US English

a nuclear reactor that converts fertile material into fissile material

torque converter US English

a device that transmits or multiplies torque generated by an engine

catalytic converter US English

a device incorporated in the exhaust system of a motor vehicle, containing a catalyst for converting pollutant gases into less harmful ones

analog-to-digital converter (abbreviation: ADC) US English

a device for converting analog signals to digital form

digital-to-analog converter US English

an electronic device for converting digital signals to analog form

downconverter US English

a device that converts a signal to a lower frequency, especially in television reception

Bessemer process US English

a steel-making process, now largely superseded, in which carbon, silicon, and other impurities are removed from molten pig iron by oxidation in a blast of air in a special tilting retort (a Bessemer converter)

Bessemer converter in Bessemer process US English

a steel-making process, now largely superseded, in which carbon, silicon, and other impurities are removed from molten pig iron by oxidation in a blast of air in a special tilting retort (a Bessemer converter)

converter English-Italian

convertitore m

catalytic converter English-French

pot m catalytique

catalytic converter English-Italian

marmitta f catalitica