transformer
noun
trans·form·er
tran(t)s-ˈfȯr-mər 
: one that transforms
specifically
: a device employing the principle of mutual induction to convert variations of current in a primary circuit into variations of voltage and current in a secondary circuit
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Sulfur sits upstream of copper, and copper sits upstream of every transformer, busbar, and high-voltage cable in a new data center campus.
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Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
The repairs follow a transformer explosion and electrical fire last June which temporarily left both buildings without power.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 14 May 2026
National Transportation Safety Board documents showed investigators had found a loose cable in a transformer and breaker system that had been switched on by crew members before departing the Baltimore port.
—ABC News, 12 May 2026
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Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
The repairs follow a transformer explosion and electrical fire last June which temporarily left both buildings without power.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 14 May 2026
National Transportation Safety Board documents showed investigators had found a loose cable in a transformer and breaker system that had been switched on by crew members before departing the Baltimore port.
—ABC News, 12 May 2026
OpenAI’s large language model, built atop a neural-network concept developed a few years before by Google researchers called the transformer, gained millions of global users within days, asking it for medical and relationship advice, pitch decks and poetry.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 6 May 2026
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transformer
noun
trans·form·er
tran(t)s-ˈfȯr-mər
: a device for changing an electric current into one of different voltage
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