Rectifier

What do we mean by rectifier?

One that rectifies. noun

A device, such as a diode, that converts alternating current to direct current. noun

A worker who blends or dilutes whiskey or other alcoholic beverages. noun

One who or that which rectifies. noun

One who reflnes a substance by repeated distillations or by filtering or any other method; specifically, one who rectifies liquors. noun

In the distillation of alcoholic liquors: noun

A vessel or receptacle in which a second distillation is carried on, to condense the liquor and increase its alcoholic strength, or to flavor it by exposing the flavoring substance to the vaporized spirit. noun

A cylindrical vessel continuous with a primary still, in which repeated distillations occur till the alcohol reaches the desired strength. Also called rectifying column, and simply column noun

An instrument formerly used for indicating the errors of the compass. noun

In elect, an apparatus for changing an alternating electric current into a direct current directly, that is, without intermediary transformation of energy. The most common forms of rectifier are: The mechanical rectifier, which consists of a synchronous motor (that is, a motor which keeps step with the alternations of the alternating current) driving a rectifying commutator which reverses the direction of successive impulses of current so as to send them in the same direction into the direct-current circuit. The main objection to this form is the destructive sparking of the commutator-brushes when rectifying large amounts of power. noun

The electrolytic rectifier which is based on the property of aluminium, in some salt or acid solutions, of passing current only when negative: a property due, probably, to the formation of a non-conducting film of oxid or basic salt on the aluminium by the oxygen produced on the aluminium when it is the positive terminal. Such a rectifier usually consists of an aluminium and a carbon or metal plate in a solution of some suitable salt. A combination of this sort passes only one half-wave of alternating current, from the carbon to the aluminium, but partly suppresses the reverse half-wave; and by using two such rectifiers, one half-wave of current is passed over the one, the other over the other rectifier, and then recombined and sent into the direct-current circuit. The disadvantage of the electrolytic rectifier is its low efficiency. noun

Arc-rectifiers, which are based on the property of arcs to be conducting in one direction, but not in the opposite. In the mercury-arc rectifier, one mercury and two graphite terminals are inclosed in the same glass tube, the two graphite terminals being connected to the terminal of the alternating-current supply, while the direct-current circuit connects between the mercury terminal of the rectifier and a neutral or midway point of the alternating-current circuit, derived from a three-wire transformer or compensator, or by reactances. One impulse of the alternating current then passes from one graphite electrode, the other from the other graphite electrode; but both issue, in the same direction, from the mercury electrode into the direct-current circuit. The mercury-arc rectifier has a very high efficiency, but is so far limited in the amount of current which it can rectify. It is used for charging storage batteries and for arc-lighting. noun

One who, or that which, rectifies. noun

Specifically: (a) (Naut.) An instrument used for determining and rectifying the variations of the compass on board ship. (b) (Chem.) A rectificator. noun

Something that rectifies. noun

A device that converts alternating current into direct current; often a diode. noun

An instrument used for determining and rectifying the variations of the compass on board ship. noun

Electrical device that transforms alternating into direct current noun

A person who corrects or sets right noun

Something that rectifies.

A device that converts alternating current into direct current; often a diode.

An instrument used for determining and rectifying the variations of the compass on board ship.

(artificial neural networks) The activation function f(x) = \max(0, x), where x is the input to a neuron.

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