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- Definição1
- An electrical circuit that changes alternating current into direct current. A rectifier circuits uses one or more rectifier devices, such as semiconductor diodes, vacuum-tube diodes, or metal-oxide rectifiers. These devices act as electron check valves, allowing electrons to flow during one alternation of the AC, but opposing their flow durint the next alternation.
- Fonte1
- CRANE, Dale (ed.). Dictionary of aeronautical terms. 2nd ed. Renton: ASA, 1991.
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