step-up transformer

Definitions of step-up transformer
  1. noun
    a transformer that increases voltage
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    types:
    cascade transformer
    a number of transformers in series; provides a high-voltage source
    type of:
    transformer
    an electrical device by which alternating current of one voltage is changed to another voltage
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