Generator

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·noun One who, or that which, generates, begets, causes, or produces.

II. Generator ·add. ·noun Any machine that transforms mechanical into electrical energy; a dynamo.

III. Generator ·noun The principal sound or sounds by which others are produced; the fundamental note or root of the common chord;

— called also generating tone.

IV. Generator ·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.

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generator
gĕnĕrātor, ōris, m. [genero], an engenderer , generator , producer (very rare): nosse autem gener...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
generator
generātor ōris, m genero, a begetter, producer : suus: Acragas equorum, V. ...

An Elementary Latin Dictionary
Induction generator
·add. ·- A machine built as an induction motor and driven above synchronous speed, thus acting as an...

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Motor generator
·add. ·- The combination consisting of a generator and a driving motor mechanically connected, usual...

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Engine-type generator
·add. ·- A generator having its revolving part carried on the shaft of the driving engine. ...

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