Converter

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Converter \Con*vert"er\, n.
     1. One who converts; one who makes converts.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Steel Manuf.) A retort, used in the Bessemer process, in
        which molten cast iron is decarburized and converted into


        steel by a blast of air forced through the liquid metal.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  converter
       n : a device for changing one substance or form or state into
           another [syn: {convertor}]