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transformer

noun

Definition of transformernext
as in converter

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Recent Examples of transformer On Sunday night, a car crashed into a transformer, causing an outage on campus and some surrounding areas for around six hours. — David Ubben, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026 Because the coating stops being an insulator when its breakdown threshold is reached, the charge rips through it in a miniature dielectric breakdown, the same failure mode that kills capacitors and transformer insulation. — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 31 Aug. 2026 Witnesses in East Chicago believe an electrical utility pole went up in flames following a possible transformer explosion. — Lauren Victory, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026 In Hackensack, New Jersey, a blown transformer during Tuesday's storm sparked a fire that destroyed multiple vehicles and left more than 1,000 customers without power. — Kenton Gewecke, ABC News, 29 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for transformer
Recent Examples of Synonyms for transformer
  1. converter
  2. engine
  3. motor
  4. machine
  5. equipment
Noun
  • Yangi said a Cellera system has been commissioned at a European converter and is operating in a commercial manufacturing environment, following more than a decade of development.
    — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 3 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
Definition of converter
Noun
  • His point is that although LLMs, no less than chess engines and other specialist systems, are trained on a specific task—namely, predicting the next word in a text passage—that task is special.
    — George Musser, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Cress added that while this type of model helicopter boasts a light, single-engine design that is usually trustworthy, the chopper’s blades can lose their momentum in rotation immediately if there is engine failure.
    — David Chiu, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of engine
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  • Direct inhibitory currents appeared in a third of cells two millimeters out, and stimulating the visual cortex had measurable effects as far as frontal motor areas.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Costco recently made the decision to limit how much motor oil, which is affected by crude markets and refining capacity, its members can buy.
    — Kevin Williams, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of motor
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  • These pioneers fully expected that machines would one day surpass humans—that AGI would become ASI, or artificial superintelligence—because there’s no reason to expect that humans are the pinnacle of intelligence.
    — George Musser, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Gauthier has in a short time already proved himself as a shot-volume machine and dangerous goal scorer at the NHL level.
    — Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of machine
Noun
  • Lacking life detection equipment, the workers strained to hear their cries.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Longevity is pushing yacht design beyond a checklist of equipment toward a complete ecosystem.
    — Chrissie McClatchie, Robb Report, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of equipment

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“Transformer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transformer. Accessed 23 Sep. 2026.

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