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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 systemplay

  Familiarity information: CATALYTIC CONVERTER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CATALYTIC CONVERTER (noun)


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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