“arc rectifier”

We have one entry that includes the term arc rectifier.

mercury-arc rectifier

noun

: an alternating-current rectifier consisting of a mercury arc especially designed to utilize its rectifying action, one electrode being a pool of mercury with current flowing only during that part of the cycle in which the mercury acts as the cathode


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