converter

noun

A person or thing that converts.

(electrical engineering) A device that changes voltage or frequency, for example one that converts alternating current to direct current.

(computing) A program that converts one file format to another one, or which converts between different units of measurement, such as miles to meters.

A device that converts an analogue to a digital signal, or vice versa.

A reaction chamber in which exhaust gases are catalytically converted to carbon dioxide

(metallurgy) A retort or furnace, used e.g. 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.

(medicine) A patient with a certain condition that subsequently develops into another condition.

(Southern Ontario, slang) Regional term for remote control.

Roots

vertovert- · Latin · turn

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Where does converter come from?

The word converter breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root vert-, from Latin verto (“turn”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.