Bessemer converter | a refractory-lined furnace used to convert pig iron into steel by the Bessemer process |
cascade liquefier | an apparatus used to liquefy air or oxygen etc. |
cascade transformer | a number of transformers in series, provides a high-voltage source |
catalytic converter | a converter that uses a platinum-iridium catalyst to oxidize pollutants and carbon monoxide into carbon dioxide and water, an antipollution device on an automotive exhaust system |
converter convertor | a device for changing one substance or form or state into another |
data converter | converter for changing information from one code to another |
digital-analog converter digital-to-analog converter | device for converting digital signals into analogue signals |
digitizer digitiser analog-digital converter analog-to-digital converter | device for converting analogue signals into digital signals |
electrical converter | converter that converts alternating current into direct current or vice versa |
electronic converter | (telecommunication) converter for converting a signal from one frequency to another |
synchronous converter rotary rotary converter | electrical converter consisting of a synchronous machine that converts alternating to direct current or vice versa |
synchronous motor | electric motor in which the speed of rotation is proportional to the frequency of the A.C. power |
torque converter | converter for transmitting and amplifying torque (especially by hydraulic means) |
shower cascade | a sudden downpour (as of tears or sparks etc) likened to a rain shower, a little shower of rose petals, a sudden cascade of sparks |
cascade | a succession of stages or operations or processes or units, progressing in severity as though a cascade of genetic damage was occurring, separation of isotopes by a cascade of processes |
cascade | a small waterfall or series of small waterfalls |
Cascades Cascade Range Cascade Mountains | a mountain range in the northwestern United States extending through Washington and Oregon and northern California, a part of the Coast Range |
cascade everlasting Ozothamnus secundiflorus Helichrysum secundiflorum | shrub with white woolly branches and woolly leaves having fragrant flowers forming long sprays, flowers suitable for drying, sometimes placed in genus Helichrysum |
cascade penstemon Penstemon serrulatus | whorls of deep blue to dark purple flowers at tips of erect leafy stems, moist places from British Columbia to Oregon |
synchronous operation | operations that are initiated predictably by a clock |
cascade | arrange (open windows) on a computer desktop so that they overlap each other, with the title bars visible |
cascade cascade down | rush down in big quantities, like a cascade |
synchronous synchronal synchronic | occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase, recovery was synchronous with therapy- Jour.A.M.A., a synchronous set of clocks, the synchronous action of a bird's wings in flight, synchronous oscillations |
synchronous | (digital communication) pertaining to a transmission technique that requires a common clock signal (a timing reference) between the communicating devices in order to coordinate their transmissions |