transformer

Word family  noun form formation transformation reformer reform reformation reformist transformer formlessness adjective reformed reformist formless verb form reform transform adverb formlessly

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trans·form·er /trænsˈfɔːmə $ -ˈfɔːrmər/ noun [countable]  TEEa piece of equipment for changing electricity from one voltage to another 变压器

Examples from the Corpus

transformer• Signal voltage gain is always accompanied by greater signal current attenuation and viceversa with a transformer.• But new designs, which do without costly transformers, have trimmed prices.• This causes the beam to bend and the displacement is measured by means of a strain gauge or a differential transformer.• The potential differences between B, C and D are again very small, arising only from small losses in the transformer.• Apparently crews were trying to repair a small outage affecting 1,640 customers in the Mission when the transformer went out.

trans·form·er nounChineseSyllable  

a Corpus one voltage changing piece for equipment electricity of from

transformer
trans‧form‧er /trænsˈfɔːmə $ -ˈfɔːrmər/ noun [countable]a piece of equipment for changing electricity from one voltage to another

trans·form·erBrE /trænsˈfɔːmə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /trænsˈfɔːrmər/ 🔊 nouna device for reducing or increasing the voltage of an electric power supply, usually to allow a particular piece of electrical equipment to be used 变压器