transformer
noun/trænsˈfɔrmər/
Frequency rank: #8,909 most common English word
Meaning
a device that transfers electrical energy between circuits, usually changing the voltage level.
Example sentence
The engineers installed transformer on the power line to reduce the voltage before it reached the houses.
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