1.
[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]