An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics
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In electronics, a device that converts the analog signal to → analog-to-digital units or counts.

→ analogue; → digital; → converter.

1) To change units of one measuring or calculating system into units of another.
2) To transform from one material or state to another.

M.E. converten, O.Fr. convertir, from L. convertere "to turn around, transform," from → com- "together" + vertere "to turn;" cognate with Mod.Pers. gardidan "to change, to turn," → conversion.

Compound verb from hâgard, → conversion, + kardan "to do, to make," → -ize.

A device that receives data in one form and converts it to another. → analog-to-digital converter.

→ convert; → -er.