Generator

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. One that generates, especially a machine that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy.
  • noun. An apparatus that generates vapor or gas.
  • noun. A circuit that generates a specified waveform.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A program that produces specific programs from the definition of an operation.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. One who or that which begets, causes, or produces.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. One who, or that which, generates, begets, causes, or produces.
  • noun. An apparatus in which vapor or gas is formed from a liquid or solid by means of heat or chemical process, as a steam boiler, gas retort, or vessel for generating carbonic acid gas, etc.
  • noun. The principal sound or sounds by which others are produced; the fundamental note or root of the common chord; -- called also generating tone.
  • noun. Any machine that transforms mechanical into electrical energy; a dynamo.
  • noun. a mathematical entity which, when subjected to an operation, yields another mathematical entity; also, a generatrix.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. One who, or that which, generates, begets, causes, or produces.
  • noun. A piece of apparatus, equipment, etc, to convert or change energy from one form to another.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. an electronic device for producing a signal voltage
  • noun. an apparatus that produces a vapor or gas
  • noun. someone who originates or causes or initiates something
  • noun. engine that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy by electromagnetic induction
  • Word Usage
    "The main generator is still down but the backup and batteries are holding out."
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