Definition of "transformer" []

• One that transforms. (noun)
• A device used to transfer electric energy from one circuit to another, especially a pair of multiply wound, inductively coupled wire coils that effect such a transfer with a change in voltage, current, phase, or other electric characteristic. (noun)

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• "That's all the details there are so far, but the idea of seeing a Blackbird as a transformer is amazing."
• "I hate it when a new transformer is "revealed" and it just ends up being a picture of a car."
• "The robot battles in T2 were awful because we had no idea who the robots were, so the scenes were just 'oh no the transformer is fighting the other transformer.'"