Hypertext Webster Gateway: "transformer"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Transformer \Trans*form"er\, n.
{Multiple transformer}. (Elec.)
(a) A transformer connected in multiple or in parallel with
the primary circuit.
(b) A transformer with more than one primary or more than one
secondary coil.
{Parallel transformer} (Elec.), a transformer connected in
parallel.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Transformer \Trans*form"er\, n.
One who, or that which, transforms. Specif. (Elec.), an
apparatus for producing from a given electrical current
another current of different voltage.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
transformer
n : an electrical device by which alternating current of one
voltage is changed to another voltage
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