inverter noun. [ɪn'vǝ:tǝ] E17.
[from INVERT verb + -ER¹.]
1. gen. A person who or thing which inverts or produces inversion. rare. E17.

2. Electricity. An apparatus which converts direct current into alternating current. Cf. INVERTOR 1. E20.
b. Telecommunications. A device that inverts a signal. M20.
c. Computing. A device that converts either of the two binary digits or signals into the other. M20.

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