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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a device for changing one substance or form or state into another;
[syn: converter, convertor]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Converter \Con*vert"er\, n. 1. One who converts; one who makes converts. [1913 Webster] 2. (Steel Manuf.) A retort, used in the Bessemer process, in which molten cast iron is decarburized and converted into steel by a blast of air forced through the liquid metal. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

converter n 1: a device for changing one substance or form or state into another [syn: converter, convertor]