How to Use inverter in a Sentence

inverter

noun
  • As the name suggests, these inverters could help form the grid.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 15 Dec. 2025
  • Their inverters are one-way and don’t allow for two-way power flow.
    — Anne C. Mulkern, Scientific American, 15 Nov. 2019
  • The motor, inverter, gear train, and brakes will be housed in a single unit.
    — Sasha Richie, Car and Driver, 9 Aug. 2022
  • The inverter was struggling, and the TesTen couldn’t make it up the first sandy hill climb.
    — Emme Hall, The Verge, 24 Feb. 2023
  • One inverter is tied to the grid and earns credit from the electric company.
    — Amy Gamerman, WSJ, 27 Sep. 2018
  • The powerful inverter and fast charging time put the Delta out in front for me.
    — Jim Rossman, Dallas News, 17 Feb. 2021
  • Pure sine wave inverters produce power which equals — or is better than — the power in your home.
    — Dallas News, 9 Apr. 2020
  • The inverter app just doesn’t paint a good picture of your energy usage.
    — Christopher Null, Wired, 12 Nov. 2020
  • Those who owned generators and inverters turned them on as soon as the grid failed, and their lives went on as normal.
    — Sunila S. Kale, Foreign Affairs, 8 Aug. 2012
  • The pure sine wave inverter can also provide up to 3,600 watts for peak bursts.
    — Jim Rossman, Dallas News, 1 Apr. 2021
  • The battery power runs through an inverter and the juice flows through different types of outlets and ports.
    — Dallas News, 1 Feb. 2022
  • Then the inverter is then connected to the battery, or in my case batteries.
    — Michael R. Shea, Outdoor Life, 15 Apr. 2020
  • The second is a smaller inverter that is placed under each solar panel.
    — Ken Silverstein, Forbes, 8 Nov. 2021
  • The inverter has an outlet to charge items with a traditional, pronged power cord.
    — Cody Godwin, USA Today, 3 May 2025
  • The inverter has an outlet to charge items with a traditional, pronged power cord.
    — Cody Godwin, USA TODAY, 22 May 2024
  • The other parts required — like an inverter, wiring and, in many cases, a battery — quickly add up.
    — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 19 Apr. 2025
  • Shrock even used an inverter on his Bolt last year to power his house during an electrical outage.
    — Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 11 Sep. 2021
  • Use the clamps to attach the inverter directly to the terminals on your car battery.
    — Popular Mechanics, 5 Mar. 2018
  • Reuters was unable to determine how many inverters were switched off, or the extent of disruption to grids.
    — Reuters, FOXNews.com, 15 May 2025
  • The solar inverter company lost over 18% of its value last week.
    — Anna Hirtenstein, WSJ, 9 Mar. 2021
  • Buyers can upgrade with more solar, an inverter and Starlink prewiring.
    — New Atlas, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Power is supplied by a wind turbine (not pictured), along with solar panels, a battery, and an inverter.
    — New Atlas, 16 Feb. 2026
  • There's a new, more efficient silicon carbide inverter to go with the new motor, and the car also gets a new battery pack.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 6 Sep. 2023
  • The total came to 486 million metric tons to be used for frames, mountings, and inverter casings.
    — Doug Johnson, Ars Technica, 25 Jan. 2022
  • There's a new permanent magnet motor and a silicon-carbide inverter, and now the motor drives the rear wheels, not the fronts.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 24 Jan. 2023
  • The motors are oil-cooled and use hairpin windings, and the drive units integrate a single-speed transmission and the inverter.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 16 Dec. 2021
  • In recent years, attempts to address grid instability have led to the rise of grid-forming inverters.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 15 Dec. 2025
  • Looking at indirect emissions tied to energy use, our two main technologies are heat pumps and inverters.
    — Michaila Byrne, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Nov. 2025
  • As a result, the design and control of these inverters can vary significantly.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 15 Dec. 2025
  • The inverter converts that to an alternate current, or AC, that is usable.
    — Ken Silverstein, Forbes, 8 Nov. 2021

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