Associations to the word «Convertor»

Wiktionary

CONVERTOR, noun. A person who, or a thing that converts
CONVERTOR, noun. A furnace in which pig iron is converted to steel
CONVERTOR, noun. A rectifier that converts alternating current to direct current
CONVERTOR, noun. A device that converts an analogue to a digital signal, or vice versa
CONVERTOR, noun. A reaction chamber in which exhaust gases are catalytically converted to carbon dioxide

Dictionary definition

CONVERTOR, noun. A device for changing one substance or form or state into another.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats