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autotransformers

autotransformers is the plural of autotransformer.

Meaning of autotransformer

Noun

autotransformer (plural autotransformers)

  1. A transformer with a single winding, its output being taken from taps.
    • One of the principal features of the ordinary configurations of the transformer [...] is the electrical isolation that exists between the primary and secondary windings. [...] Whenever large transformation ratios are involved, safety demands that ordinary transformers be used. However, in instances...1990, Vincent Del Toro, chapter 2, in Basic Electric Machines, →ISBN, page 89
    Synonyms:
    balancing coil, compensator

Questions about autotransformers

What is autotransformers the plural of?
Autotransformers is the plural of autotransformer.

Words near autotransformers in the dictionary

  1. autotrains
  2. autotransduction
  3. autotransformation
  4. autotransformations
  5. autotransformer
  6. autotransformers
  7. autotransfuse
  8. autotransfused
  9. autotransfuses
  10. autotransfusing
  11. autotransfusion

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