transformer

One that transforms.

A device used to transfer electric energy from one circuit to another, especially a pair of multiply wound, inductively coupled wire coils that effect such a transfer with a change in voltage, current, phase, or other electric characteristic.

A transformer designed for use in multiple with other transformers on the same circuit.

A name sometimes given to the dynamostatic machine of Elihu Thomson.

One who or that which transforms.

One who, or that which, transforms. Specif. (Elec.), an apparatus for producing from a given electrical current another current of different voltage.

a toy consisting of a figure or representation of an object, constructed of interlocking parts in such a way that a series of turning or twisting motions of the parts can transform the object from one type of object to a different type of object, such as from an animal to an automobile.

A transformer with more than one primary or more than one secondary coil.

a transformer connected in parallel.

Something that transforms, changing its own or another thing’s shape.