transformer
electrical device that transfers energy through electromagnetic induction from one circuit to another circuit
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Summary
transformer is a passive electronic component[1]. transformer has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: Michael Faraday[3]
- Has use: galvanic isolation[4], voltage converter[5]
- Commons category: Transformers[6]
- Has part(s): coil[7], magnetic core[8]
- Time of discovery or invention: 1831[9]
- Topic's main category: Category:Electric transformers[10]
- OpenStreetMap tag: power=transformer[11]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[14], "Kyrgyzstan" national encyclopedia[15]
- Different from: Transformator[16], Transformer[17]
- Uses: electromagnetic induction[18]
- Studied by: canonical correlation analysis[19], electrical engineering[20], materials science[21]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have[22], Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[23]
- P14541: 3FMCXY[24]
- P14692: Folquet de Marseille[25]
Why It Matters
transformer is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]