Crossword-Solution: RECTIFIER
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Rectifier | n. | One who, or that which, rectifies. |
| Rectifier | n. | Specifically: (a) (Naut.) An instrument used for determining and rectifying the variations of the compass on board ship. (b) (Chem.) A rectificator. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| RECTIFIER | anagram | CERTIFIER |
We have 11 clues for the answer “RECTIFIER”
| Clue | Answers |
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| DIODE | 1 answer |
| Device for converting alternating current into direct current | 1 answer |
| Converter | 4 answers |
| CONVERT INTO DIRECT CURRENT | 10 answers |
| A DEVICE FOR CONVERTING A POWER SUPPLY TO A VOLTAGE REQUIRED BY PARTICULAR EQUIPMENT | 10 answers |
| ALTERNATING CURRENT PIONEER | 10 answers |
| mender | 10 answers |
| CONVULSION CHARACTERIZED BY ALTERNATING CONTRACTIONS AND RELAXATIONS | 10 answers |
| AN OLD TERM FOR AN ELECTRIC GENERATOR THAT PRODUCES ALTERNATING CURRENT | 11 answers |
| DEVICE FOR CONVERTING SOUND WAVES INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY | 11 answers |
| detector | 14 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
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Hint 3 another clue
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Sentences with RECTIFIER (5)
Became a golden orator with a silver speech and offered himself as a rectifier of all things not Bryan.
And I that am the rectifier of all, By title _pædagogus_, that let fall The birch upon the breeches of the small ones, And humble with a ferula the tall ones, Do here present this machine, or this frame.
The chief difference between a wireless telephone transmitting set that uses an alternating current and one that uses a direct current is that: (1) a _power transformer_ is used for stepping up the voltage instead of a motor-generator, and (2) a _vacuum tube rectifier_ must be used to convert the alternating current into direct current.
The Vacuum Tube Rectifier.--This rectifier has two electrodes, that is, it has a filament and a plate like the original vacuum tube detector, The smallest size rectifier tube requires a plate potential of 550 volts which is developed by one of the secondary coils of the power transformer.
The Filter Condensers.--These condensers are used in connection with the reactance coil to smooth out the pulsating direct current after it has passed through the rectifier tube.
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (2007).