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torque converter

noun

, Machinery.
  1. a fluid coupling in which three or more rotors are used, one of which can be checked so that output torque is augmented and output speed diminished.


torque converter

noun

  1. a hydraulic device for the smooth transmission of power in which an engine-driven impeller transmits its momentum to a fluid held in a sealed container, which in turn drives a rotor Also calledhydraulic coupling
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Origin of torque converter1

First recorded in 1925–30

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