rectifier
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One who, or that which, rectifies.
Specifically: (a) (Naut.) An instrument used for determining and rectifying the variations of the compass on board ship. (b) (Chem.) A rectificator.
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a rectifier of prejudices
A double-conversion UPS with an insulated-gate bipolar transistor rectifier and inductor can have a THD I as small as 2%.
An arc can be caused by applying voltage to the anode (plate) before the cathode has come up to operating temperature, or by drawing excess current through a rectifier, which damages the emission coating.
By deriving the high voltage from a half-wave rectifier directly connected to the AC mains, the heavy and costly power transformer was eliminated.
A typical switched-mode power supply first converts the AC mains to a DC bus by means of a bridge rectifier or a similar circuit.
For a three-phase SMPS, the Vienna rectifier configuration may be used to substantially improve the power factor.