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gen·er·a·tor

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–noun

1.	a machine that converts one form of energy into another, esp. mechanical energy into electrical energy, as a dynamo, or electrical energy into sound, as an acoustic generator.

2.	a person or thing that generates.

3.	Chemistry. an apparatus for producing a gas or vapor.

Mathematics.

a.	an element or one of a set of elements from which a specified mathematical object can be formed by applying certain operations.

b.	an element, as a line, that generates a figure.

5.	Computers. a program that produces a particular type of output on demand, as random numbers, an application program, or a report.

[Origin: 1640–50; < L generātor producer, equiv. to generā(re) (see generate) + -tor -tor

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gen·er·a·tor Audio Help (jěn'ə-rā'tər) Pronunciation Key
n.

1. One that generates, especially a machine that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy.
2. An apparatus that generates vapor or gas.
A circuit that generates a specified waveform.
Mathematics See generatrix.
Computer Science A program that produces specific programs from the definition of an operation.

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gen·er·a·trix Audio Help (jěn'ə-rā'trĭks) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. gen·er·a·tri·ces (-ə-rā'trĭ-sēz', -ər-ə-trī'sēz)
A geometric element that generates a geometric figure, especially a straight line that generates a surface by moving in a specified fashion. Also called generator.

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generator
noun
1.	an apparatus that produces a vapor or gas
2.	engine that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy by electromagnetic induction
3.	someone who originates or causes or initiates something; "he was the generator of several complaints"
4.	an electronic device for producing a signal voltage

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ˈgenerator noun

a machine which produces electricity, gas etc
Example: The hospital has an emergency generator.

Arabic:	مُوَلِّد
Chinese (Simplified):	发电机
Chinese (Traditional):	發電機
Czech:	generátor
Danish:	generator
Dutch:	generator
Estonian:	generaator
Finnish:	generaattori
French:	génératrice
German:	der Generator
Greek:	γεννήτρια
Hungarian:	generátor
Icelandic:	rafall
Indonesian:	pembangkit tenaga listrik
Italian:	generatore

Japanese:	発電機
Korean:	발전기
Latvian:	ģenerators
Lithuanian:	generatorius
Norwegian:	dynamo, generator
Polish:	generator
Portuguese (Brazil):	gerador
Portuguese (Portugal):	gerador
Romanian:	generator
Russian:	генератор
Slovak:	generátor
Slovenian:	generator
Spanish:	generador
Swedish:	generator
Turkish:	jenaratör

dynamo [ˈdainəmou] noun — plural ˈdynamos

a machine that produces electric currents

Arabic:	دينامو، مُوَلِّد كَهْرُبائي
Chinese (Simplified):	发电机
Chinese (Traditional):	發電機
Czech:	dynamo
Danish:	dynamo
Dutch:	dynamo
Estonian:	dünamo
Finnish:	dynamo
French:	dynamo
German:	der Dynamo
Greek:	δυναμό
Hungarian:	dinamó
Icelandic:	rafall
Indonesian:	dinamo
Italian:	dinamo

Japanese:	発電機
Latvian:	dinamomašīna
Lithuanian:	generatorius
Norwegian:	dynamo
Polish:	prądnica
Portuguese (Brazil):	dínamo
Portuguese (Portugal):	dínamo
Romanian:	dinam
Russian:	динамомашина
Slovak:	dynamo
Slovenian:	dinamo
Spanish:	dinamo
Swedish:	generator, dynamo
Turkish:	dinamo

See also: generation, generate, the generation gap

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generator Audio Help (jěn'ə-rā'tər) Pronunciation Key

A machine that converts mechanical energy into electricity to serve as a power source for other machines. Electrical generators found in power plants use water turbines, combustion engines, windmills, or other sources of mechanical energy to spin wire coils in strong magnetic fields, inducing an electric potential in the coils. A generator that provides alternating current power is called an alternator. See also induction.
See generatrix.

American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition - Cite This Source - Share This
generator

A device that produces electric current, usually by rotating a conductor in a magnetic field, thereby generating current through electromagnetic induction. This sort of generator produces an alternating current (AC).

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Generator

Gen"er*a`tor\, n. [L.]

1. One who, or that which, generates, begets, causes, or produces.

2. 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.

3. (Mus.) The principal sound or sounds by which others are produced; the fundamental note or root of the common chord; -- called also generating tone.

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Generator

Gen"er*a`tor\, n. (Elec.) Any machine that transforms mechanical into electrical energy; a dynamo.

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