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rectifier
[ rek-tuh-fahy-er ]
noun
- a person or thing that rectifies.
- Electricity. an apparatus in which current flows more readily in one direction than the other, for changing an alternating current into a direct current.
- the apparatus that in distillation separates the most volatile material by condensing it; condenser.
rectifier
/ ˈrɛktɪˌfaɪə /
noun
- an electronic device, such as a semiconductor diode or valve, that converts an alternating current to a direct current by suppression or inversion of alternate half cycles
- chem an apparatus for condensing a hot vapour to a liquid in distillation; condenser
- a thing or person that rectifies
rectifier
/ rĕk′tə-fī′ər /
- An electrical device that converts alternating current to direct current. Rectifiers are most often made of a combination of diodes, which allow current to pass in one direction only.
- Compare converter
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Example Sentences
Soon, the stores were filled with battery-less radio sets using rectifier tubes.
From The Daily Beast
The mercury arc rectifier is a device for changing an alternating current into a direct current.
From Project Gutenberg
The English rectifier endeavours to imitate this by the addition of a little sugar.
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The mercury-arc rectifier proper consists of a glass bulb containing vacuum and a small amount of mercury.
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The circuit of a mercury-arc rectifier charging outfit is shown in Fig. 415.
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Where no direct current supply is available, a motor-generator or a rectifier must be installed.
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