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isolation transformer

[‚ī·sə′lā·shən tranz′fȯr·mər]
(electricity)
A transformer inserted in a system to separate one section of the system from undesired influences of other sections.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

isolation transformer

In an electrical system, a transformer that prevents one section of the system from undesirably influencing another section.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Architecture and Construction. Copyright © 2003 by McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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