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A chamber containing a finely divided platinum catalyst in which carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons from vehicle exhaust are oxidized to carbon dioxide.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: automotive, transport, vehicles
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Cadillac converter, cat, catalyser
Antonyms: none provided
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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: converter, convertor
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
33 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
محول حفزي
— chamber in which carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons from vehicle exhaust are oxidized into carbon dioxide
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Arabic:
محول الحَفَّاز
— chamber in which carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons from vehicle exhaust are oxidized into carbon dioxide
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Bulgarian:
катализа́тор
(katalizátor)
— chamber in which carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons from vehicle exhaust are oxidized into carbon dioxide
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Bulgarian:
каталити́чен преобразува́тел
(katalitíčen preobrazuvátel)
— chamber in which carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons from vehicle exhaust are oxidized into carbon dioxide
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Czech:
katalyzátor
— chamber in which carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons from vehicle exhaust are oxidized into carbon dioxide
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Danish:
katalysator
— chamber in which carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons from vehicle exhaust are oxidized into carbon dioxide
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Dutch:
katalysator
— chamber in which carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons from vehicle exhaust are oxidized into carbon dioxide
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Estonian:
katalüüsneutralisaator
— chamber in which carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons from vehicle exhaust are oxidized into carbon dioxide
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Finnish:
katalysaattori
— chamber in which carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons from vehicle exhaust are oxidized into carbon dioxide
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Finnish:
katti
— chamber in which carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons from vehicle exhaust are oxidized into carbon dioxide
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French:
pot catalytique
— chamber in which carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons from vehicle exhaust are oxidized into carbon dioxide
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Galician:
catalizador
— chamber in which carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons from vehicle exhaust are oxidized into carbon dioxide
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Georgian:
კატალიზური კონვერტერი
(ḳaṭalizuri ḳonverṭeri)
— chamber in which carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons from vehicle exhaust are oxidized into carbon dioxide
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German:
Katalysator
— chamber in which carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons from vehicle exhaust are oxidized into carbon dioxide
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Greek:
καταλύτης
(katalýtis)
— chamber in which carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons from vehicle exhaust are oxidized into carbon dioxide
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Hebrew:
ממיר קטליטי
(memír kataliti)
— chamber in which carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons from vehicle exhaust are oxidized into carbon dioxide
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Hungarian:
katalizátor
— chamber in which carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons from vehicle exhaust are oxidized into carbon dioxide
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Icelandic:
efnahvarfi
— chamber in which carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons from vehicle exhaust are oxidized into carbon dioxide
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Icelandic:
hvarfakútur
— chamber in which carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons from vehicle exhaust are oxidized into carbon dioxide
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Macedonian:
катализа́тор
(katalizátor)
— chamber in which carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons from vehicle exhaust are oxidized into carbon dioxide
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Norwegian Bokmål:
katalysator
— chamber in which carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons from vehicle exhaust are oxidized into carbon dioxide
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
katalysator
— chamber in which carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons from vehicle exhaust are oxidized into carbon dioxide
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Persian:
مبدل کاتالیست
— chamber in which carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons from vehicle exhaust are oxidized into carbon dioxide
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Polish:
katalizator
— chamber in which carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons from vehicle exhaust are oxidized into carbon dioxide
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Portuguese:
catalisador
— chamber in which carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons from vehicle exhaust are oxidized into carbon dioxide
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Portuguese:
conversor catalítico
— chamber in which carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons from vehicle exhaust are oxidized into carbon dioxide
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Russian:
каталити́ческий конве́ртер
(katalitíčeskij konvérter)
— chamber in which carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons from vehicle exhaust are oxidized into carbon dioxide
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Spanish:
convertidor catalítico
— chamber in which carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons from vehicle exhaust are oxidized into carbon dioxide
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Spanish:
conversor catalítico
— chamber in which carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons from vehicle exhaust are oxidized into carbon dioxide
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Swedish:
katalysator
— chamber in which carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons from vehicle exhaust are oxidized into carbon dioxide
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Swedish:
katalytisk avgasrenare
— chamber in which carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons from vehicle exhaust are oxidized into carbon dioxide
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Turkish:
katalitik konvertör
— chamber in which carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons from vehicle exhaust are oxidized into carbon dioxide
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Turkish:
katalitik dönüştürücü
— chamber in which carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons from vehicle exhaust are oxidized into carbon dioxide