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Jason_Peterson t1_jefkoji wrote
Reply to comment by stixxplays in eli5 what does an inverter invert? by [deleted]
It is called so because its operation is the opposite of a rectifier used to make DC, which already existed when the word was introduced. A rectifier flipped around or inverted.
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