transductor

noun

trans·​duc·​tor

-ktə(r)

plural -s

: a device for controlling or regulating alternating current consisting of two or more coils with a common magnetic core with one of the coils carrying a direct current and the others carrying the alternating current

Word History

Etymology

Latin transductus + English -or

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