inverter
nounUK /ɪnˈvɜːtə/
US /ɪnˈvɜːrtər/
A machine that changes electricity so it can power things like a TV or a phone charger.
We used an inverter in the car to charge our laptop on the road trip.
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2. A device that changes direct current (DC) into alternating current (AC).
The solar panels feed DC power into an inverter that supplies AC to the house.
3. A person or thing that turns something upside down or reverses it.
The critic was an inverter of popular opinion, praising what others dismissed.
4. In logic, a gate or circuit that outputs the opposite of its input.
The inverter flips a 1 to a 0 and a 0 to a 1.