converter

1. A person or thing that converts.

2. A person or thing that converts.

   A device that changes voltage or frequency, for example one that converts alternating current to direct current.

3. A retort or furnace, used e.g. 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.

4. A reaction chamber in which exhaust gases are catalytically converted to carbon dioxide

5. A program that converts one file format to another one, or which converts between different units of measurement, such as miles to meters.

6. A patient with a certain condition that subsequently develops into another condition.

   a device for changing one substance or form or state into another

7. A device that converts an analogue to a digital signal, or vice versa.

8. (Ontario, Southern, slang)Regional term for remote control.

1. The invention of the catalytic converter drastically improved air quality.

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2. What converter did you get?

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