catalytic converter — catalytic converters N COUNT A catalytic converter is a device which is fitted to a car s exhaust to reduce the pollution coming from it … English dictionary
catalytic converter — ► NOUN ▪ a device in the exhaust system of a motor vehicle, containing a catalyst for converting pollutant gases into less harmful ones … English terms dictionary
catalytic converter — n. a chemical filter connected to the exhaust system of an automotive vehicle and designed to react with the fumes, so as to reduce air pollution … English World dictionary
Catalytic converter — A catalytic converter (colloquially, cat or catcon ) is a device used to reduce the toxicity of emissions from an internal combustion engine. First widely introduced on series production automobiles in the US market for the 1975 model year to… … Wikipedia
catalytic converter — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms catalytic converter : singular catalytic converter plural catalytic converters a piece of equipment fitted to a car in order to reduce the amount of poisonous gases that it sends into the air … English dictionary
catalytic converter — an antipollution device in an automotive exhaust system that contains a catalyst for chemically converting some pollutants in the exhaust gases, as carbon monoxide, unburned hydrocarbons, and oxides of nitrogen, into harmless compounds. [1960 65] … Universalium
catalytic converter — catalytic con verter n a piece of equipment fitted to a car s ↑exhaust system that reduces the amount of poisonous gases the engine sends out … Dictionary of contemporary English
catalytic converter — catalytic con verter noun count a piece of equipment attached to a car that reduces the amount of poisonous gases that it sends into the air … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
catalytic converter — noun a converter that uses a platinum iridium catalyst to oxidize pollutants and carbon monoxide into carbon dioxide and water; an antipollution device on an automotive exhaust system • Hypernyms: ↑converter, ↑convertor … Useful english dictionary
catalytic converter — noun Date: 1955 an automobile exhaust system component containing a catalyst that causes conversion of harmful gases (as carbon monoxide and uncombusted hydrocarbons) into mostly harmless products (as water and carbon dioxide) … New Collegiate Dictionary
