单词 | invertor |
释义 | invertorn. 1. a. A device or apparatus which converts direct current into alternating current; = inverter n. 2a. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electrical engineering > rectifier > [noun] > conversion to alternating current > apparatus for inverter1856 invertor1874 1874 Lancet 28 Feb. 309/2 The apparatus is supplied with a collector, a galvanometer, invertor, &c. 1961 Listener 9 Nov. 773/1 The valve serves not only as a rectifier..but—at the other end of the direct current link—as an invertor, turning direct current into alternating current. 2009 S. W. Fardo & D. R. Patrick in Electr. Power Syst. Technol. (ed. 3) 190 A motor-driven generator unit..can be used to convert DC to AC. This system is called an invertor. b. A device or apparatus used to periodically reverse the direction of an electric current; a commutator. Now rare. ΚΠ 1889 Cent. Dict. Invertor, that which inverts or changes the direction, as of an electric current. 1974 Proc. Inst. Electr. Engineers 122 1142/2 For these two types of supply, it is necessary to define the maximum permissible value of flux density as a function of the characteristics of the machine and invertor or commutator. 2. Anatomy. Any muscle involved in inversion of the foot (see inversion n. 22); esp. the tibialis posterior or tibialis anterior (see tibialis adj.). Also invertor muscle. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > muscle > types of muscles > [noun] sphincter1578 raiser1588 in-muscle?1609 oblique1612 abducens1615 abductor1615 adductor1615 antagonist1615 bender1615 depressor1615 extender1615 flexor1615 levator1615 quadratus1615 rectus1615 retractor1615 sphincter-muscle1615 accelerator1638 bicepsa1641 elevator1646 adducent1649 lifter1649 rotator1657 flector1666 contractor1682 dilater1683 orbicularis palpebrarum1694 transverse muscle1696 tensor muscle1704 biventer1706 extensor1713 attollent1728 constrictor1741 dilator1741 risibles1785 orbicularis oculi1797 obliquus1799 erector1828 extensor-muscle1830 compressor1836 trans-muscle1836 antagonizer1844 motor1846 evertor1848 inflector1851 protractor1853 prime mover1860 orbicular1872 transversalis1872 invertor1875 skeletal muscle1877 dilatator1878 occlusor muscle1878 sphincter1879 pilomotor1892 agonist1896 1875 Lancet 9 Oct. 517/1 The invertors of the foot were not the muscles at fault. 1905 Practitioner Nov. 680 As a flexor of the ankle, adductor of the front of the foot, and invertor of the sole, the action of the extensor proprius pollicis in its transposed position is greatly altered in quality. 1969 M. A. MacConaill & J. V. Basmajian Muscles & Movements xiii. 254 The tibialis posterior is an invertor in non-weightbearing movements of the foot. 2012 S. Agarwal Current Orthopaedic Pract. v. 147/2 The tibialis posterior is an invertor of the foot that originates in the deep posterior compartment of the leg. 3. Electronics and Computing. A device which converts either of the two binary digits or signals into the other, so that every ‘1’ is replaced with a ‘0’ and vice versa; = inverter n. 2c. ΘΚΠ society > computing and information technology > hardware > [noun] > electronic component, circuitry > semiconductor inverter1948 matrix1948 staticisor1949 staticizer1949 AND gate1959 cryosar1959 negater1962 negator1963 invertor1966 1966 Electronics Lett. 2 320/2 The circuits contain 2n gating levels preceded by a level of invertors. 1989 Microprocessing & Microprogramming 27 82/2 The output of this circuit is then connected to a single invertor. 2008 B. Blundell Computer Hardware iii. 37 As with an invertor, this functionality does not seem particularly complicated. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1874 |
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