converter

n. device for changing alternating currents to direct currents (Electricity); one who causes others to change their beliefs (religious, political, etc.)

Converter may refer to:converter (metallurgy) converter (music), the name of a noise music project by Scott Sturgis"converter", an alternate name for a remote controlfountain pen converter, a removable filling mechanism for fountain pensConverter may also refer to:Bessemer converter, a metallurgical processcatalytic converter, in automobiles"voltage converter", another name forelectromagnetic transformerswitched-mode power supplyDC to DC converterlow-noise block converter, in communicationsscan converter between video formatsSee alsoConversion (disambiguation)Adapter (disambiguation)
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Noun
1. a device for changing one substance or form or state into another
(synonym) convertor
(hypernym) device
(hyponym) Bessemer converter
(derivation) convert

v. convert, transform, change; bring over; remake, reduce; proselytize, proselyte

(n.)
One who converts; one who makes converts.
  

(n.)
A retort, used in the Bessemer process, in which molten cast iron is decarburized and converted into steel by a blast of air forced through the liquid metal.