Transformer - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Transformer :  (noun)

1: an electrical device by which alternating current of one voltage is changed to another voltage

Based on WordNet 2.0

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.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

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.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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