transformer
noun
trans·form·er
tran(t)s-ˈfȯr-mər 
: one that transforms
specifically
: a device employing the principle of mutual induction to convert variations of current in a primary circuit into variations of voltage and current in a secondary circuit
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The London Fire Brigade said that a transformer in a substation in Hayes, which is north of Heathrow, was on fire and that 150 people have been evacuated.
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Phil Helsel, NBC News, 21 Mar. 2025
Growth of transmission lines in the U.S. is frozen, and new transformer equipment is now delayed by 2-3 years.
—Ian Dexter Palmer, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
Court documents show Smith pleaded guilty on Sept. 11, 2024, to damaging the Wheelock Substation in North Dakota in 2023 as well as a transformer and pump station of the Keystone Pipeline in South Dakota in 2022.
—Lauren Irwin, The Hill, 11 Mar. 2025
Muse also uses an autoregressive transformer architecture, which is uncommon for a model that generates images (gameplay, like video, is a series of images in sequence).
—IEEE Spectrum, 11 Mar. 2025
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Phil Helsel, NBC News, 21 Mar. 2025
Growth of transmission lines in the U.S. is frozen, and new transformer equipment is now delayed by 2-3 years.
—Ian Dexter Palmer, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
Court documents show Smith pleaded guilty on Sept. 11, 2024, to damaging the Wheelock Substation in North Dakota in 2023 as well as a transformer and pump station of the Keystone Pipeline in South Dakota in 2022.
—Lauren Irwin, The Hill, 11 Mar. 2025
Muse also uses an autoregressive transformer architecture, which is uncommon for a model that generates images (gameplay, like video, is a series of images in sequence).
—IEEE Spectrum, 11 Mar. 2025
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“Transformer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/transformer. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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transformer
noun
trans·form·er
tran(t)s-ˈfȯr-mər
: a device for changing an electric current into one of different voltage
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