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transformer

trans·form·er
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [trans-fawr-mer]
    • /trænsˈfɔr mər/
    • /trænsˈfɔː.mər/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [trans-fawr-mer]
    • /trænsˈfɔr mər/

Definitions of transformer word

  • noun transformer a person or thing that transforms. 1
  • noun transformer Electricity. an electric device consisting essentially of two or more windings wound on the same core, which by electromagnetic induction transforms electric energy from one set of one or more circuits to another set of one or more circuits such that the frequency of the energy remains unchanged while the voltage and current usually change. 1
  • noun transformer electricity: voltage converter 1
  • countable noun transformer A transformer is a piece of electrical equipment which changes a voltage to a higher or lower voltage. 0
  • noun transformer a device that transfers an alternating current from one circuit to one or more other circuits, usually with an increase (step-up transformer) or decrease (step-down transformer) of voltage. The input current is fed to a primary winding, the output being taken from a secondary winding or windings inductively linked to the primary 0
  • noun transformer a person or thing that transforms 0
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Origin of transformer

First appearance:

before 1595
One of the 38% oldest English words
First recorded in 1595-1605; transform + -er1

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Parts of speech for Transformer

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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transformer popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 83% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for transformer

noun transformer

  • alterant — that which alters the state of something
  • alterer — someone or something that alters
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  • diesel — noting a machine or vehicle powered by a diesel engine: diesel locomotive.
  • modifier — a person or thing that modifies.
All 10 Synonyms of transformer

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Related words

  • primary

    first or highest in rank or importance; chief; principal: his primary goals in life.

  • secondary

    next after the first in order, place, time, etc.

  • tesla coil

    an air-core transformer used to produce high voltages of high-frequency alternating currents.

  • air-core

    having a nonmagnetic core, as one of fiber or plastic, encircled by a coil (air-core coil) or containing one or more such coils: air-core transformer.

  • ignition coil

    (in an automotive ignition system) a transformer consisting of two wire windings or coils in which low-voltage direct current is fed through the primary winding to generate high-voltage spark pulses in the secondary winding.

  • induction coil

    a transformer for producing high-voltage alternating current from a low-voltage direct current, consisting essentially of two concentric coils with a common soft-iron core, a primary coil with relatively few windings of heavy wire, and a secondary coil with many turns of fine wire. Excitation of the primary coil by rapidly interrupted or variable current induces high voltage in the secondary coil.
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