full-wave rectifier

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   rectifier that converts the negative half wave of an alternating current into a positive half wave

   Broaderrectifier

Questions about full-wave rectifier

What does full-wave rectifier mean?

full-wave rectifier means "rectifier that converts the negative half wave of an alternating current into a positive half wave".

Is full-wave rectifier a common word?

full-wave rectifier is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.