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mercury arc rectifiers

mercury arc rectifiers is the plural of mercury arc rectifier.

Meaning of mercury arc rectifier

Noun

mercury arc rectifier (plural mercury arc rectifiers)

  1. A rectifier which converts alternating current to direct current, using a cathode tube with a pool of liquid mercury. Now superseded by solid-state rectifiers.
    • The secondary winding is laid in four coils, one on top of the other, with oil passages round the laminated-steel core; its 2,770V a.c. output is converted to 1,970V d.c. by four air-cooled mercury arc rectifiers, which feed each pair of 975V traction motors through a smoothing choke.1961 March, “Interim report on the Glasgow suburban electric train failures”, in Trains Illustrated, page 175

Questions about mercury arc rectifiers

What is mercury arc rectifiers the plural of?
Mercury arc rectifiers is the plural of mercury arc rectifier.

Words near mercury arc rectifiers in the dictionary

  1. mercurous
  2. mercurous chloride
  3. mercurous iodide
  4. mercury
  5. mercury arc rectifier
  6. mercury arc rectifiers
  7. mercury barometer
  8. mercury barometers
  9. Mercury dime
  10. Mercury dimes
  11. mercury fulminate

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