converter

noun

Definition of converternext
as in engine

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Recent Examples of converter The Analog segment offers power products to manage power requirements across various voltage levels, including battery-management solutions, DC/DC switching regulators, AC/DC and isolated controllers and converters, power switches, linear regulators, voltage references, and lighting products. — Adam Sarhan, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025 Instead of relying on the vehicle’s own CCU converter, these units convert AC to DC electricity outside the vehicle. — Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 25 Feb. 2025 There’s also no 12V battery with all of the traditional systems being powered through a solid-state DC-DC converter from the high-voltage battery to provide 12V. That means the Pentastar probably also doesn’t have an alternator, another cost and weight savings. — Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025 There are 8x8 Checkers and Whack A Mole, as well as an expense tracker and unit converter. — PCMAG, 12 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for converter
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  1. engine
  2. transformer
  3. motor
  4. machine
Noun
  • Today’s flagship data center GPUs, like Nvidia’s Hopper and newer Blackwell architecture, are dubbed the engines of this new industrial revolution.
    — Janakiram MSV, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
  • But, Heim’s engine caught a case of automotive narcolepsy, cutting out repeatedly and requiring Heim to reset it.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 23 Mar. 2025
Definition of engine
Noun
  • The London Fire Brigade said that a transformer in a substation in Hayes, which is north of Heathrow, was on fire and that 150 people have been evacuated.
    — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Growth of transmission lines in the U.S. is frozen, and new transformer equipment is now delayed by 2-3 years.
    — Ian Dexter Palmer, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
Definition of transformer
Noun
  • The electric motor powers the front wheels, making the E-Ray the first-ever all-wheel-drive Corvette.
    — Bruce Martin, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
  • The rocket continued its climb into space, but ULA and Northrop Grumman, which supplies solid rocket motors for Vulcan, set up an investigation to find the cause of the nozzle malfunction.
    — Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 14 Mar. 2025
Definition of motor
Noun
  • Tomas Saldaña feeds the radish pastry dough into a pastry machine.
    — Cindy Carcamo, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2025
  • To say that the sentient machines with whom Michelle travels are the more interesting characters is like praising tax season as superior to actual death.
    — Graham Hillard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Mar. 2025
Definition of machine

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