Meaning

4 senses
  1. Something that transforms, changing its own or another thing's shape.

    преобразова́тельpreobrazovátelʹ

  2. A static device that transfers electric energy from one circuit to another by magnetic coupling; primarily used to transfer energy between different voltage levels, which allows the most appropriate voltages for power generation, transmission and distribution to be chosen separately.

    Transformator

    трансформа́торtransformátor

    трансформа́торtransformátor

  3. A neural network architecture composed of layers of attention which takes sequences of tokens (representing text, images, audio, or other modalities) as input.

  4. (derogatory, humorous, offensive, slang)A transgender person.

More definitions
  • an electrical device by which alternating current of one voltage is changed to another voltage

Examples

4 sentences
  1. A transformer converts alternating current to direct current for use in electronics.

  2. Electronic devices have current transformers.

  3. That's a transformer.

    deDas ist ein Trafo. — Naina · CC BY 2.0 FR

  4. A transformer explosion at an electrical facility illuminated the New York City skyline in a blaze of blue light Thursday night.

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
device that changes the characteristics of AC electricity:
Русский
By meaning 2
something that transforms:
device that changes the characteristics of AC electricity:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
device that changes the characteristics of AC electricity:
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