convertor

English

Etymology

convert +‎ -or

Noun

convertor (plural convertors)

  1. A person who, or a thing that converts
    1. A furnace in which pig iron is converted to steel
    2. A rectifier that converts alternating current to direct current
    3. A device that converts an analogue to a digital signal, or vice versa
    4. A reaction chamber in which exhaust gases are catalytically converted to carbon dioxide

See also

Latin

Verb

convertor

  1. first-person singular present passive indicative of convertō

References
  • convertor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • convertor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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