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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

half′-wave rec′tifier, [Electronics.]

Electronicsa rectifier that changes only one half of a cycle of alternating current into a pulsating, direct current. Cf. full-wave rectifier.

1925–30

half′-wave rectifica′tion.

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full-wave rectifier

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