transductor

English

Etymology

From Latin trānsductus +‎ -or (“electrical component”).[1]

Noun

transductor (plural transductors)

  1. A kind of magnetic amplifier used in power systems for compensating reactive power.
    • 1962 June, “Talking of Trains: Notable new locomotives”, in Modern Railways, page 373:
      The essential feature is that two adjacent transformer tappings are connected to the load simultaneously, each connection having a self-excited transductor in series; [...].

Usage notes

Not to be confused with transducer.

References

  1. ^ “transductor”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French transducteur.

Noun

transductor n (plural transductoare)

  1. transducer

Declension

Declension of transductor
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative transductor transductorul transductoare transductoarele
genitive-dative transductor transductorului transductoare transductoarelor
vocative transductorule transductoarelor

Spanish

Noun

transductor m (plural transductores)

  1. transducer

Further reading

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