an electronic device, such as a semiconductor diode or valve, that converts an alternating current to a direct current by suppression or inversion of alternate half-cycles
2. chemistry
an apparatus for condensing a hot vapour to a liquid in distillation; condenser
3.
a thing or person that rectifies
rectifier in American English
(ˈrɛktəˌfaɪər)
noun
1.
a person or thing that rectifies, as by correction or adjustment
2. Electricity
a device, esp. a diode, that converts alternating current into direct current
rectifier in Chemical Engineering
(rɛktɪfaɪər)
Word forms: (regular plural) rectifiers
noun
(Chemical Engineering: Distillation)
A rectifier is the top part of a distillation column (= a tall vessel for distillation), in which hot vapor condenses.
The rectifier is the upper section of a distillation column and is where the higher concentrationof lighter molecules are located.
In the crude distillation unit, the distillation column has two sections; the rectifier is at the top above the flash zone.
A rectifier is the top part of a distillation column, in which hot vapor condenses.
rectifier in Electrical Engineering
(rɛktɪfaɪər)
Word forms: (regular plural) rectifiers
noun
(Electrical engineering: Circuits, Electrical power, Computing and control)
A rectifier is a device that converts alternating current to pulsating direct current.
Virtually all electronic devices require DC, so rectifiers find uses inside the power supplies of virtually all electronic equipment.
Most automotive applications use DC although the generator is an AC device whichuses a rectifier to produce DC.
A rectifier is a device that converts alternating current to pulsating direct current.
bridge rectifier, full wave rectifier, half wave rectifier, rectification, rectify
All related terms of 'rectifier'
bridge rectifier
a full-wave rectifier consisting of a bridge with a similar rectifier in each of the four arms
silicon rectifier
a rectifier consisting of a semiconductor diode using crystalline silicon
full-wave rectifier
an electronic circuit in which both half-cycles of incoming alternating current furnish the direct current output
half wave rectifier
A half wave rectifier removes the negative component of an alternating signal leaving only the positive part.
silicon-controlled rectifier
a semiconductor rectifier whose forward current between two electrodes , the anode and cathode , is initiated by means of a signal applied to a third electrode, the gate . The current subsequently becomes independent of the signal. It is a type of thyristor