rectifier
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- noun
- /ˈrɛktɪˌfaɪər/
- Specialized
:
rectificador
- A rectifier is then used to convert AC to DC.
Let's compare and contrast a three phase rectifier to a single phase rectifier.
- Let's compare and contrast a three phase rectifier to a single phase rectifier.
Examples
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The rectifier action of the diode—that is, its restriction of current flow to only one direction—is key to the operation of the photovoltaic device.
Academic text (1993) -
One noteworthy feature of the NHMFL facility at Tallahassee is the size and high precision of its DC power supply, which is a solid-state rectifier.
Academic text (1994) -
OK, maybe the bridge rectifier is at fault.
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What could go wrong with the rectifier that could possibly cook a ground wire?
Blog text (21) -
This is the new Dual Rectifier that has just come out.
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I also would need to replace the rectifier.
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Anyway, here we have a full bridge rectifier and two probes, one to measure the input and the other one to measure the output.
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These adjustments can be made automatically through computer-controlled rectifier units.
Academic text (1996) -
The typical configuration is a static double conversion UPS consisting of a rectifier, battery charger, battery string, and inverter.
Blog text (26) -
The technician installed a new rectifier to ensure the machine ran on direct current.
Synonyms
A small electronic part that lets electric current flow one way to make direct current
An electrical part that changes a two-way flow of electricity into a one-way flow for power supplies
A small electronic device that changes alternating current into direct current
A device that changes electricity that goes back and forth into a steady positive flow
A glass tube with two metal parts that changes alternating current into direct current
An electronic tube that changes a back-and-forth flow of electricity into a one-way flow
A device that changes electricity between the type that goes back and forth and the type that flows one way
A machine with a spinning part that changes alternating current into direct current and back
A machine that changes electricity that changes direction into electricity that flows one way
Compounds
- Archaic
A small electronic device that changes alternating current into direct current
- Specialized
A device that changes electricity that goes back and forth into a steady positive flow
- Specialized
An electrical part that changes a two-way flow of electricity into a one-way flow for power supplies
- Specialized
A small electronic part that lets electric current flow one way to make direct current
How Efficient
- Archaic
- Specialized
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Rectifier comes from the Latin root rect- meaning 'straight', and a helpful picture is a device that makes an electric flow go 'straight' instead of 'back and forth', which is why it turns alternating current into direct current.