Definitions for rectifier

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rectifier rec·ti·fi·er

Spelling: [rek-tuh-fahy-er]

IPA: /ˈrɛk təˌfaɪ ər/

Rectifier is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 167 anagrams from letters in rectifier (ceefiirrt).

Definitions for rectifier

noun

1. a person or thing that rectifies.
2. Electricity. an apparatus in which current flows more readily in one direction than the other, for changing an alternating current into a direct current.
3. the apparatus that in distillation separates the most volatile material by condensing it; condenser.

Origin of rectifier

First recorded in 1605-15; rectify + -er¹

Examples for rectifier

The disacidification, before entering the rectifier, is effected by the metallic zinc.

The manufacture of liqueurs constitutes the trade of the compounder, rectifier, or liquoriste.

The wash is pumped from the wash charger into the worm-tub, which passes from top to bottom of the rectifier.

This type of rectifier is entirely automatic and is much used.

Filtration still remains the best and simplest adjunct to the rectifier.

This rectifier will do the work of two of the ten battery Tungars.

The vapour ascends to the reservoir (E), and passes into the rectifier (C) by the tube (F).

For this reason a crystal detector is sometimes called a rectifier, which it really is.

This rectifier tube delivers a direct current of 20 watts at 350 volts.

The arrangement can also be used as a rectifier, for a current will only pass through it when the mercury pool is the cathode.