alternating current rectifier
1rectifier — [rek′tə fī΄ər] n. 1. a person or thing that rectifies, as by correction or adjustment 2. Elec. a device, esp. a diode, that converts alternating current into direct current …
2Rectifier — A rectifier is an electrical device that converts alternating current (AC) to direct current (DC), a process known as rectification. Rectifiers have many uses including as components of power supplies and as detectors of radio signals. Rectifiers …
3rectifier — /rek teuh fuy euhr/, n. 1. a person or thing that rectifies. 2. Elect. an apparatus in which current flows more readily in one direction than the other, for changing an alternating current into a direct current. 3. the apparatus that in… …
4Current clamp — For current clamp recording in neurons, see Electrophysiology#Current clamp. In electrical and electronic engineering, a current clamp or current probe is an electrical device having two jaws which open to allow clamping around an electrical… …
5rectifier instrument — noun : an instrument used for measuring alternating currents and consisting of a rectifier in conjunction with a direct current meter whose reading gives the value of the rectified alternating current …
6rectifier — A device used to change AC (alternating current) into DC (direct current). Some small motorcycles use a single diode for this purpose (half wave rectifiers), the overwhelming majority use four diodes connected in a bridge which yields full wave… …
7Rectifier — An electrical device for converting alternating current to direct current. The chamber in a cooling device where water is separated from the working fluid (for example ammonia). *** A device for converting alternating current to direct… …
8rectifier — An electronic device for converting alternating to direct voltage, part of the circuit of an x ray machine. [Mediev. L. rectifico, to make right, fr. rectus, right + facio to make] * * * rec·ti·fi·er (rekґtĭ fi″ər) a device for… …
9rectifier — noun Date: 1611 one that rectifies; specifically a device for converting alternating current into direct current …
10rectifier — noun a) something that rectifies b) a device that converts alternating current into direct current; often a diode …
