- bessemer convertor
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bessemer convertor
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Bessemer converter — n. a special furnace used to purify pig iron using the Bessemer process. Etymology: Sir H. Bessemer, Engl. engineer d. 1898 * * * noun a refractory lined furnace used to convert pig iron into steel by the Bessemer process • Hypernyms: ↑converter … Useful english dictionary
convertor — noun a device for changing one substance or form or state into another • Syn: ↑converter • Derivationally related forms: ↑convert, ↑convert (for: ↑converter) • Hypernyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
converter — noun Date: 1533 one that converts: as a. the furnace used in the Bessemer process b. (or convertor) a device employing mechanical rotation for changing electrical energy from one form to another (as from direct current to alternating current or… … New Collegiate Dictionary
converter — /keuhn verr teuhr/, n. 1. a person or thing that converts. 2. Elect. a device that converts alternating current to direct current or vice versa. Cf. inverter, synchronous converter. 3. Metall. a chamber or vessel through which an oxidizing blast… … Universalium
