step-up transformer

transformer

 [trans-for´mer]

an induction apparatus for changing electrical energy at one voltage and current to electrical energy at another voltage and current, through the medium of magnetic energy, without mechanical motion.

step-down transformer one for lowering the voltage of the original current.

step-up transformer one for raising the voltage of the original current.

Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

step-up trans·form·er

(step'ŭp trans-fōr'mĕr)

Device used in radiology to increase the voltage coming into an x-ray tube.

Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012

step-up trans·form·er

(step'ŭp trans-fōr'mĕr)

Device used in radiology to increase the voltage coming into an x-ray tube.

Medical Dictionary for the Dental Professions © Farlex 2012