catalytic converter

English

Noun

catalytic converter (plural catalytic converters)

(automotive) A chamber containing a finely divided platinum catalyst in which carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons from the exhaust are oxidized to carbon dioxide.

Synonyms

Cadillac converter (nonstandard, chiefly Southern US)
catalyser
cat

Derived terms

cat

Translations

a chamber which oxidises exhaust gases into carbon dioxide

Czech: katalyzátor (cs) m
Danish: katalysator c
Estonian: katalüüsneutralisaator
Finnish: katalysaattori (fi), katti (fi)
French: pot catalytique (fr) m
German: Katalysator (de) m
Greek: καταλύτης (el) m (katalýtis)
Hungarian: katalizátor (hu)
Icelandic: efnahvarfi m, hvarfakútur m
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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