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con·verter (kən vʉr′tər)
noun
a person or thing that converts; specif.,
- a furnace for converting pig iron into steel in the Bessemer process
- an electrical device for converting alternating current into direct current
- the part of a radio receiver that changes modulated high frequencies to lower frequencies
- any device for adapting a radio or television receiver to added frequencies or modulations
- catalytic converter
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