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CATALYTIC CONVERTER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does catalytic converter mean?
• CATALYTIC CONVERTER (noun)
The noun CATALYTIC CONVERTER has 1 sense:
1. a converter that uses a platinum-iridium catalyst to oxidize pollutants and carbon monoxide into carbon dioxide and water; an antipollution device on an automotive exhaust system
Familiarity information: CATALYTIC CONVERTER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A converter that uses a platinum-iridium catalyst to oxidize pollutants and carbon monoxide into carbon dioxide and water; an antipollution device on an automotive exhaust system
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("catalytic converter" is a kind of...):
converter; convertor (a device for changing one substance or form or state into another)
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