transformer

IPA: trænsfˈɔrmɝ

Something that transforms, changing its own or another thing's shape.
(electrical engineering) A static device that transfers electric energy from one circuit to another by magnetic coupling. Their main use is to transfer energy between different voltage levels, which allows choosing most appropriate voltage for power generation, transmission and distribution separately.
(machine learning) A neural network architecture that relies on self-attention mechanisms.
(toys) A toy in the Transformers toyline which has mechanical parts that allow it to be altered in appearance from its original form as a humanoid robot action figure to another form, usually a vehicle, depending on the toy.
(fiction) In the Transformers franchise, any of the alien humanoid robots that can mechanically alter their appearance, or "transform", into a vehicle, creature, or (rarely) a tool.
Alternative letter-case form of Transformer [(toys) A toy in the Transformers toyline which has mechanical parts that allow it to be altered in appearance from its original form as a humanoid robot action figure to another form, usually a vehicle, depending on the toy.]

Examples of "transformer" in Sentences

I hate it when a new transformer is "revealed" and it just ends up being a picture of a car.
That's all the details there are so far, but the idea of seeing a Blackbird as a transformer is amazing.
Does anyone know what typical voltage levels are in Morelia and if a transformer is desirable to adjust it? jennifer rose
My favorite transformer is still bumblebee, but I also like, Iron hide, Star scream, and so on, But where the hell was ratchet?
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.'
Movie bombshell Megan Fox gave new meaning to the word transformer during a recent day out in L.A., when the sexy star, who is rarely seen without her signature dark eye makeup and slash of red lipstick, dared to go bare while picking up beauty supplies.