mercury arc rectifier (English, noun)
expansion: mercury arc rectifier (plural mercury arc rectifiers)
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glosses: A rectifier which converts alternating current to direct current, using a cathode tube with a pool of liquid mercury. Now superseded by solid-state rectifiers.
Forms:
form: mercury arc rectifiers
tags: plural