Transformer
noun
A device that changes the voltage of an electric current.
I used a transformer to reduce the voltage of the electric current for my device.
Often appears as...
- voltage transformer
- power transformer
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Technical
noun
A person or thing that makes a big change or has a big influence.
The president was seen as a transformer who brought about significant changes.
Often appears as...
- true transformer
- national transformer
noun
Characters in the Transfomers franchise who can change their form.
In the Transformers movie, Bumblebee is a popular transformer character.
Often appears as...
- autobot transformer
- decepticon transformer
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Colloquial
noun
A device that changes the voltage of an electric current.
I used a transformer to reduce the voltage of the electric current for my device.
Often appears as...
- voltage transformer
- power transformer
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A person or thing that makes a big change or has a big influence.
The president was seen as a transformer who brought about significant changes.
Often appears as...
- true transformer
- national transformer
noun
Characters in the Transfomers franchise who can change their form.
In the Transformers movie, Bumblebee is a popular transformer character.
Often appears as...
- autobot transformer
- decepticon transformer
Usage tips
Colloquial
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Pro Tip 1/3Technical Usage
Used in electrical and engineering contexts to describe equipment.
The technician installed a transformer in the power plant.
Pro Tip 2/3Specific Function
Refers to a component that specifically changes electrical current voltage.
We need a transformer to step up the voltage for this circuit.
Pro Tip 3/3Safety Device
Transformers also provide safety by isolating circuits.
Ensure the safety transformer is connected before starting.
Pro Tip 1/3Technical Usage
Used in electrical and engineering contexts to describe equipment.
The technician installed a transformer in the power plant.
Pro Tip 2/3Specific Function
Refers to a component that specifically changes electrical current voltage.
We need a transformer to step up the voltage for this circuit.
Pro Tip 3/3Safety Device
Transformers also provide safety by isolating circuits.
Ensure the safety transformer is connected before starting.
Pro Tip 1/3Technical Usage
Used in electrical and engineering contexts to describe equipment.
The technician installed a transformer in the power plant.
Pro Tip 2/3Specific Function
Refers to a component that specifically changes electrical current voltage.
We need a transformer to step up the voltage for this circuit.
Pro Tip 3/3Safety Device
Transformers also provide safety by isolating circuits.
Ensure the safety transformer is connected before starting.
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What it's like to be a...
The problem is that unless we do something about it, that is the way the world will always be. So why should you care about this? Right? I mean, we're facing some rather significant problems in the world just at present, what does it really matter if I can't get a job, or you're stuck watching "Transformer 17," right?
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Tim Laman & Ed Scholes:...
around on the ground on that court it's like his stage and those aren't his wings those are specially modified feathers of his breasts and flanks and he's wrapped around his body and covered his wings very much like those other transformer birds-of-paradise but the important thing here is where is the
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What a scrapyard in...
and use them to make all kinds of things, like dumbbells for working out out of old car parts. But here's what's really the welding machines they use look like this, and they're made by specially coiling copper around electrical steel recovered from old transformer scrap.
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Chip Kidd: The art of...
This led me to graffiti. I'm fascinated by graffiti. I think anybody who lives in an urban environment encounters graffiti all the time, and there's all different sorts of it. This is a picture I took on the Lower East Side of just a transformer box on the sidewalk
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Creating wind energy...
system means I mean we will use one big hydraulic motor one big alternator and one big transformer on ground to Cather many wind converter at the same time in terms of storage the use of a hydraulic system allows the conversion of the
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Eric Giler demos...
And he actually came up with this concept of resonant energy transfer. But inside a standard transformer are two coils of wire. And those two coils of wire are really, really close to each other, and actually do transfer power
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Less stuff, more...
a sink combined with a toilet, a dining table becomes a bed -- same space, a little side table stretches out to seat 10. In the winning Life Edited scheme in a render here, we combine a moving wall with transformer furniture
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Richard Turere: My...
And that's a small torch from a broken flashlight. So I set up everything. As you can see, the solar panel charges the battery, and the battery supplies the power to the small indicator box. I call it a transformer.
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The five major world...
according to various traditions. Brahma is the creator, Vishnu is the preserver who sometimes takes on human form, and Shiva is the transformer, or Lord of the Dance. Durga is the fiercely protective divine mother.
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Less stuff, more...
table becomes a bed same space a little side table stretches out to c10 in the winning life edited scheme and a render here we combine a moving wall with transformer furniture to get a lot out
Video examples
What it's like to be a...
The problem is that unless we do something about it, that is the way the world will always be. So why should you care about this? Right? I mean, we're facing some rather significant problems in the world just at present, what does it really matter if I can't get a job, or you're stuck watching "Transformer 17," right?
Video examples
Tim Laman & Ed Scholes:...
around on the ground on that court it's like his stage and those aren't his wings those are specially modified feathers of his breasts and flanks and he's wrapped around his body and covered his wings very much like those other transformer birds-of-paradise but the important thing here is where is the
Video examples
What a scrapyard in...
and use them to make all kinds of things, like dumbbells for working out out of old car parts. But here's what's really the welding machines they use look like this, and they're made by specially coiling copper around electrical steel recovered from old transformer scrap.
Video examples
Chip Kidd: The art of...
This led me to graffiti. I'm fascinated by graffiti. I think anybody who lives in an urban environment encounters graffiti all the time, and there's all different sorts of it. This is a picture I took on the Lower East Side of just a transformer box on the sidewalk
Video examples
Creating wind energy...
system means I mean we will use one big hydraulic motor one big alternator and one big transformer on ground to Cather many wind converter at the same time in terms of storage the use of a hydraulic system allows the conversion of the
Video examples
Eric Giler demos...
And he actually came up with this concept of resonant energy transfer. But inside a standard transformer are two coils of wire. And those two coils of wire are really, really close to each other, and actually do transfer power
Video examples
Less stuff, more...
a sink combined with a toilet, a dining table becomes a bed -- same space, a little side table stretches out to seat 10. In the winning Life Edited scheme in a render here, we combine a moving wall with transformer furniture
Video examples
Richard Turere: My...
And that's a small torch from a broken flashlight. So I set up everything. As you can see, the solar panel charges the battery, and the battery supplies the power to the small indicator box. I call it a transformer.
Video examples
The five major world...
according to various traditions. Brahma is the creator, Vishnu is the preserver who sometimes takes on human form, and Shiva is the transformer, or Lord of the Dance. Durga is the fiercely protective divine mother.
Video examples
Less stuff, more...
table becomes a bed same space a little side table stretches out to c10 in the winning life edited scheme and a render here we combine a moving wall with transformer furniture to get a lot out
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