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con·verter (kən vʉr′tər)

noun

a person or thing that converts; specif.,
  1. a furnace for converting pig iron into steel in the Bessemer process
  2. an electrical device for converting alternating current into direct current
  3. the part of a radio receiver that changes modulated high frequencies to lower frequencies
  4. any device for adapting a radio or television receiver to added frequencies or modulations
  5. catalytic converter

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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