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inverter

n. 1 something that inverts, or causes inversion 2 (label en electricity) a device that converts direct current into alternating current

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inverter

n. an electrical converter that converts direct current into alternating current

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Inverter (disambiguation)

A power inverter is a device that converts direct current to alternating current.

Inverter may also refer to

  • Inverter (logic gate) or NOT gate, a device that performs a logical operation
  • Inverter air conditioner, a type of air conditioner that uses a power inverter to vary the speed of the compressor motor to continuously regulate temperature
  • Impedance inverter, a device that produces the mathematical inverse of an electrical impedance—see Quarter-wave impedance transformer

Usage examples of "inverter".

Now that the neat cubical covering had been removed, the node looked like an explosion of monofilaments and inverter nodules.

The program ran through a quick series of tests and, for once, came up with an immediate answer: the phase inverter crystal had burned out.

His secure memory store was accessed, the old memories rising out to occupy an artificial neural network, giving him all the knowledge he ever had of exotic matter, energy inverters, supergeometry, quantum math.