catalytic converter

English

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)
Hyphenation: cat‧a‧lyt‧ic con‧vert‧er

Noun

catalytic converter (plural catalytic converters)

(automotive) A chamber containing a finely divided platinum catalyst in which carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons from vehicle exhaust are oxidized to carbon dioxide.
Synonyms: (chiefly Southern US, often humorous, nonstandard) Cadillac converter, cat, catalyser

Derived terms

cat

Translations

chamber in which carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons from vehicle exhaust are oxidized into carbon dioxide

Czech: katalyzátor (cs) m
Danish: katalysator c
Dutch: katalysator (nl) m
Estonian: katalüüsneutralisaator
Finnish: katalysaattori (fi), katti (fi)
French: pot catalytique (fr) m
Galician: catalizador m
German: Katalysator (de) m
Greek: καταλύτης (el) m (katalýtis)
Hungarian: katalizátor (hu)
Icelandic: efnahvarfi m, hvarfakútur m
Macedonian: катализа́тор m (katalizátor)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: katalysator (no) m

Nynorsk: katalysator m
Polish: katalizator (pl) m
Portuguese: catalisador (pt) m, conversor catalítico m
Russian: каталити́ческий конве́ртер m (katalitíčeskij konvérter)
Swedish: katalysator (sv) c, katalytisk avgasrenare c

Further reading

catalytic converter on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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