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- noun Plural form of
rectifier .
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Examples
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The Tales share the same ministry as the Ballads in that both are "rectifiers" of feelings, and cause people to empathize with the poor.
Wordsworth, the _Lyrical Ballads_, and Literary and Social Reform in Nineteenth Century America 1999
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Temperance and Know Nothing "rectifiers" harassed saloon owners and their patrons, and the ensuing war of words, fisticuffs and legal challenges became known as the "Whiskey Insurrection."
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The "ick" factor is much higher for a circular the TTB issued March 23 and addressed to "wine producers, rectifiers, blenders, importers and wholesalers, and others concerned."
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So were the step-up transformers, the phanotron rectifiers and the 400,000-volt D.C. for ignition.
Archive 2009-08-01 Johnny Pez 2009
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So were the step-up transformers, the phanotron rectifiers and the 400,000-volt D.C. for ignition.
"Neutral Vessel" by Harl Vincent, part 2 Johnny Pez 2009
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It is used in selenium rectifiers, gamma radiation detection equipment, and infrared radiation detection and transmission equipment.
Thallium 2008
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For instance, high purity silicon is now being used in the production of rectifiers (see Uses above).
Selenium 2008
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The subtleties of postive and negative feedback are well known, which is why computers are chock full of resistors, gates, return paths and rectifiers to control the postive feedbacks.
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Products include semiconductor transistors, rectifiers and diodes.
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They're why, for example, p-n junctions can act as rectifiers and (very important) as transistors.
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