GENERATOR Definition & Meaning

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generator

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noun

a machine that converts one form of energy into another, especially mechanical energy into electrical energy, as a dynamo, or electrical energy into sound, as an acoustic generator.
a person or thing that generates.
Chemistry. an apparatus for producing a gas or vapor.
Mathematics.
1. an element or one of a set of elements from which a specified mathematical object can be formed by applying certain operations.
2. an element, as a line, that generates a figure.
Computers. a program that produces a particular type of output on demand, as random numbers, an application program, or a report.

generator

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noun

physics
1. any device for converting mechanical energy into electrical energy by electromagnetic induction, esp a large one as in a power station
2. a device for producing a voltage electrostatically
3. any device that converts one form of energy into another form
  an acoustic generator
an apparatus for producing a gas
a person or thing that generates

generator

A device that produces electric current (see also 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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Origin of generator¹

1640–50; < Latin ��Ա��ٴǰ� producer, equivalent to ��Ա�� ( re ) ( generate ) + -tor -tor

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Fuel, for example, is needed for vehicles to move aid, bakeries, hospital generators, wells and water desalination plants.

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