rectifier: Meaning and Definition of

rec•ti•fi•er

Pronunciation: (rek'tu-fī"ur), [key]
— n.
  1. a person or thing that rectifies.
  2. 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.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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