RECTIFIER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rectifier mean? 

• RECTIFIER (noun)
  The noun RECTIFIER has 2 senses:

1. electrical device that transforms alternating into direct current

2. a person who corrects or sets right

  Familiarity information: RECTIFIER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RECTIFIER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Electrical device that transforms alternating into direct current

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("rectifier" is a kind of...):

electrical device (a device that produces or is powered by electricity)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rectifier"):

demodulator; detector (rectifier that extracts modulation from a radio carrier wave)

full-wave rectifier (rectifier that converts the negative half wave of an alternating current into a positive half wave)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A person who corrects or sets right

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Context example:

a rectifier of prejudices

Hypernyms ("rectifier" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Derivation:

rectify (set straight or right)

 Context examples 

Dofetilide selectively blocks cardiac ion channels of the rapid component of the delayed rectifier potassium current Ikr.

(Dofetilide, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes G protein-activated inward rectifier potassium channel 4, plays a role in the modulation of potassium flux.

(KCNJ5 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Indapamide may interact directly with the subunits of delayed rectifier potassium channels, thereby blocking both slow and rapid K+ (IKs and IKr) currents through the channels.

(Indapamide, NCI Thesaurus)

G protein-activated inward rectifier potassium channel 4 (419 aa, ~48 kDa) is encoded by the human KCNJ5 gene.

(G Protein-Activated Inward Rectifier Potassium Channel 4, NCI Thesaurus)

Meglitinide antidiabetic agents bind to the ATP-sensitive inwardly-rectifier potassium (IKATP) channels on the membranes of pancreatic beta cells in a manner similar to sulfonylureas but at a discrete contact point on the SUR1 subunit.

(Meglitinide Antidiabetic Agent, NCI Thesaurus)