Hypertext Webster Gateway: "converter"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Converter \Con*vert"er\, n.
1. One who converts; one who makes converts.
2. (Steel Manuf.) A retort, used 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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
converter
n : a device for changing one substance or form or state into
another [syn: {convertor}]
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