Associations to the word «Transformer»

Pictures for the word «Transformer»

Wiktionary

TRANSFORMER, noun. Something that transforms, changing its own or another thing's shape.
TRANSFORMER, noun. (electrical engineering) A static device that transfers electric energy from one circuit to another by magnetic coupling. Their main use is to transfer energy between different voltage levels, which allows choosing most appropriate voltage for power generation, transmission and distribution separately.

Dictionary definition

TRANSFORMER, noun. An electrical device by which alternating current of one voltage is changed to another voltage.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats