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 Definitions of Generator  [ˈdʒɛn əˌreɪ tər]  

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Definition of 'Generator' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) generator
a machine that converts one form of energy into another, esp. mechanical energy into electrical energy, as a dynamo.

2.  generator
a person or thing that generates.

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

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

Etymology:  (1640–50; < L)

Definition of 'Generator' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) generator
an apparatus that produces a vapor or gas

2. (noun) generator
engine that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy by electromagnetic induction

3. (noun) generator, source, author
someone who originates or causes or initiates something
"he was the generator of several complaints"

4. (noun) generator
an electronic device for producing a signal voltage


Definition of 'Generator' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) generator
a machine that produces electricity


Definition of 'Generator' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Generator
one who, or that which, generates, begets, causes, or produces

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


Translation of 'Generator' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

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

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: kragopwekker Arabic flag Arabic: مُوَلِّد Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: генератор
Brazilian flag Brazilian: gerador Czech flag Czech: generátor German flag German: der Generator
Danish flag Danish: generator Greek flag Greek: γεννήτρια Spanish flag Spanish: generador
Estonian flag Estonian: generaator Farsi flag Farsi: ژنراتور Finnish flag Finnish: generaattori
French flag French: génératrice Hebrew flag Hebrew: גנרטור Hindi flag Hindi: जनक, उत्पादक
Croatian flag Croatian: generator Hungarian flag Hungarian: generátor Indonesian flag Indonesian: pembangkit tenaga listrik
Icelandic flag Icelandic: rafall Italian flag Italian: generatore Japanese flag Japanese: 発電機
Korean flag Korean: 발전기 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: generatorius Latvian flag Latvian: ģenerators
Malay flag Malay: penjana Dutch flag Dutch: generator Norwegian flag Norwegian: dynamo, generator
Polish flag Polish: generator Persian flag Persian: ژنراتور Pashto flag Pashto: زيږوونكى، توليدوونكى: جنر
Portuguese flag Portuguese: gerador Romanian flag Romanian: generator Russian flag Russian: генератор
Slovak flag Slovak: generátor Slovenian flag Slovenian: generator Serbian flag Serbian: agregat
Swedish flag Swedish: generator Thai flag Thai: เครื่องกำเนิดไฟฟ้า Turkish flag Turkish: jenaratör
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 發電機 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: генератор Urdu flag Urdu: جنریٹر
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: máy phát điện Chinese flag Chinese: 发电机

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