transformer

1. 1.

   an electrical device by which alternating current of one voltage is changed to another voltage

   Broaderelectrical device

   Narrowercoilstep-down transformerstep-up transformerTesla coilvoltage regulator

   Partsinduction coilprimary coilsecondary coil

Other forms of transformer

plural

transformers·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about transformer

What does transformer mean?

transformer means "an electrical device by which alternating current of one voltage is changed to another voltage".

How many syllables are in transformer?

transformer has 3 syllables: trans-for-mer. The stress falls on "for". In IPA it is /tɹænˈsfɔɹmɚ/.

Is transformer a common word?

transformer is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.