different between robocop vs transformer

English

Etymology

robo- +? cop, after the film RoboCop (1987).

Noun

robocop (plural robocops)

1. (science fiction) A cyborg police officer.
   • 1990, Library and Information Technology Association (U.S.). National Conference, Michael Gorman, Convergence: Proceedings of the Second National Conference...

     As the World Wars were succeeded by the Korean War, which melded into the Vietnam War, science fiction pictured numerous dystopias controlled by means of ever-watchful computer and robocops.

   • 2010, Tyson E. Lewis, Richard Kahn, Education Out of Bounds (page 1)

     Opposite of natural monsters there are technological monsters such as terminators, cyborgs, and robocops—all of which undermine dichotomies between the artificial and the organic, the prosthetic and the natural.

Spanish

Noun

robocop m (plural robocops)

1. robocop

English

Alternative forms

• tformer, t-former (shortening)
• transformator (archaic)

Etymology

transform +? -er

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /t?æns?f??m?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /t?æns?f??m?/, /t???ns?f??m?/
• Hyphenation: trans?form?er

Noun

transformer (plural transformers)

1. Something that transforms, changing its own or another thing's shape.
2. (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.
3. Alternative letter-case form of Transformer

Derived terms

Related terms

• transform
• transformation

Translations

See also

• metamorphosis
• shape change

Anagrams

• retransform

Danish

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): [t???ns?f??m?]

Noun

transformer c (singular definite transformeren, plural indefinite transformere)

1. (electrical engineering) transformer

Declension

Synonyms

• transformator

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): [t???nsf??me???]

Verb

transformer

1. imperative of transformere

French

Etymology

From Old French transformer, borrowed from Latin tr?nsf?rm?, tr?nsf?rm?re.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t???s.f??.me/

Verb

transformer

1. to transform

Conjugation

Related terms

• transformation

Further reading

• “transformer” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Verb

tr?nsf?rmer

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of tr?nsf?rm?