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converter

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as in engine

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Recent Examples of converter When the lithium ion battery is charge, a DC-DC converter converts high-voltage DC power into low-voltage DC power. — Greta Cross, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2026 The solid-state transformer has a modular design with an active front end interacting with the power grid, an AC/DC converter, and a high-frequency isolation transformer that either steps up or steps down the voltage. — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 24 Aug. 2026 The facility is reportedly the world’s first 500-kilovolt (kV), 2,000-megawatt (MW) flexible direct current (DC) offshore converter station. — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 27 July 2026 Altman, 41, is OpenAI’s billionaire cofounder, CEO and chief converter of skepticism into purchase orders. — Amy Feldman, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for converter

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The smaller engine also draws on engineering experience from Frenzy 8.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2026
With much of the credit going to engine immobilizers, car theft rates fell 80% between 1990 and 2020, according to Security Journal.

— Alison J. Stein, HubSpot, 29 Oct. 2026

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Every transformer on the grid—from the cylinders perched on utility lines to the big spiky devices at substations—trades voltage for current at a fixed ratio.

— Alex Pasternack, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
Some 70% of transmission lines are more than 25 years old, and the average large power transformer has been in service for nearly four decades.

— Dr. Sarah Kapnick, semafor.com, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of transformer

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On November 2, robot dogs – and other kinds of machines built for locomotion of some kind – took part in the very first World Robot Mount Taishan Climbing Competition in Tai'an, in China's Shandong province.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Nov. 2026
The cold-testing program is intended to identify potential problems before the magnets are integrated into the machine, reducing risks during commissioning and future operation.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2026

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