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"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "device that changes the characteristics of AC electricity",
"word": "palitab"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "transformator",
"sense": "device that changes the characteristics of AC electricity",
"word": "трансформатор"
},
{
"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
"roman": "transformator",
"sense": "device that changes the characteristics of AC electricity",
"word": "трансформатор"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "mɔ̂ɔ-bplɛɛng-fai",
"sense": "device that changes the characteristics of AC electricity",
"word": "หม้อแปลงไฟ"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "mɔ̂ɔ-bplɛɛng-fai-fáa",
"sense": "device that changes the characteristics of AC electricity",
"word": "หม้อแปลงไฟฟ้า"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "device that changes the characteristics of AC electricity",
"word": "trafo"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "device that changes the characteristics of AC electricity",
"word": "transformatör"
},
{
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "device that changes the characteristics of AC electricity",
"word": "transformator"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "transformátor",
"sense": "device that changes the characteristics of AC electricity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "трансформа́тор"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "ṭrānsfārmar",
"sense": "device that changes the characteristics of AC electricity",
"word": "ٹرانْسْفارْمَر"
},
{
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "transformator",
"sense": "device that changes the characteristics of AC electricity",
"word": "ترانسفورماتور"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "device that changes the characteristics of AC electricity",
"word": "transformator"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "device that changes the characteristics of AC electricity",
"word": "máy biến thế"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "device that changes the characteristics of AC electricity",
"word": "máy biến áp"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "device that changes the characteristics of AC electricity",
"tags": [
"abbreviation"
],
"word": "biến áp"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "neural network architecture",
"word": "muuntaja"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "neural network architecture",
"word": "transformer"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"transformer (disambiguation)"
],
"word": "transformer"
}
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