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step-up transformer

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Noun1.step-up transformer - a transformer that increases voltage
cascade transformer - a number of transformers in series; provides a high-voltage source
transformer - an electrical device by which alternating current of one voltage is changed to another voltage
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2 STEP-UP TRANSFORMER A step-up transformer cranks up the voltage, or the force of electrical current.
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The GE Norway generators will produce 13,800 volts of electricity, and step-up transformers will increase this to 138,000 volts.
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