Hypertext Webster Gateway: "generator"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Generator \Gen"er*a`tor\, n. (Elec.)
Any machine that transforms mechanical into electrical
energy; a dynamo.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
generator
n 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" [syn: {source}, {author}]
4: an electronic device for producing a signal voltage
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