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rec·ti·fi·er

(rek'ti-fī'ĕr),

An electronic device for converting alternating to direct voltage, part of the circuitry of an x-ray machine.

[Mediev. L. rectifico, to make right, fr. rectus, right + facio to make]

(rek'ti-fī'ĕr)

An electronic device for converting alternating to direct voltage, part of the circuitry of an x-ray machine.

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Full-wave rectifiers show the possibility of parallel connection of several converters in the IPOP modular structure.

Although the full-wave rectifier was used to obtain the discrete clock frequency, any other even nonlinearity would accomplish the same result.

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