"transductor" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: transductors [plural]
Etymology: Latin trānsductus + -or (“electrical component”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|trānsductus}} Latin trānsductus, {{suffix|en||or|t2=electrical component}} + -or (“electrical component”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} transductor (plural transductors)
  1. A kind of magnetic amplifier used in power systems for compensating reactive power. Wikipedia link: transductor Related terms: transductory
    Sense id: en-transductor-en-noun-vv1-8yUT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -or

Inflected forms

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