Converter meaning

kən-vûr'tər
One that converts, especially:
  • A furnace in which pig iron is converted into steel by the Bessemer process.
  • A machine that converts electric current from one kind to another.
  • An electronic device that converts one frequency of a radio signal to another.
  • A device that converts data from one code to another.
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One that is employed in converting raw products into finished products.
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A person or thing that converts.
  • 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.
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An electrical device that changes the form of an electric signal or power source, as by converting alternating current to direct current, or an analog signal to a digital signal.
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An electronic device that changes the frequency of a radio or other electromagnetic signal.
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(1) A device that changes one set of codes, modes, sequences or frequencies to a different set. See A/D converter.
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A person or thing that converts.
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A retort, used in the Bessemer process, in which molten cast iron is decarburized and converted into steel by a blast of air forced through the liquid metal.
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Origin of converter

Converter Sentence Examples

  • The converter is then turned upright into the position shown in fig.

  • - Bessemer Converter, of molten pig iron, which turned down in position to receive sometimes weighs as much and discharge the molten metal.

  • 16, so that the blast, which has been let on just before this, entering through the great number of tuyere holes in the bottom, forces its way up through the relatively shallow layer of iron, throwing it up within the converter as a boiling foam, and oxidizing the foreign elements so rapidly that in some cases their removal is complete after 5 minutes.

  • The lining of the converter is made of 90% of the mixture of lime and magnesia which results from calcining dolomite, (Ca,Mg)CO i, at a very high temperature, and 10% of coal tar freed from its water by heating.

  • The oxygen of the blast having been thus taken up by the molten metal, its nitrogen issues from the mouth of the converter as a pale spark-bearing cone.

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