torque converter

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   converter for transmitting and amplifying torque (especially by hydraulic means)

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Questions about torque converter

What does torque converter mean?

torque converter means "converter for transmitting and amplifying torque (especially by hydraulic means)".

Is torque converter a common word?

torque converter 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.