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Generator
| Generator Definition And Meaning |
What's The Definition Of Generator?
[n] engine that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy by electromagnetic induction
[n] an apparatus that produces a vapor or gas
[n] an electronic device for producing a signal voltage
[n] someone who originates or causes or initiates something; "he was the generator of several complaints"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Generator: author |
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Related Terms | Find terms related to Generator: AC motor |
accelerator |
actuator |
aeromotor |
agent |
air engine |
alternator |
ammeter |
amplifier |
ancestors |
anode |
apprentice |
architect |
armature |
artificer |
artist |
attenuator |
audio-frequency tube |
author |
autoconverter |
autostarter |
autotransformer |
ballast regulator |
ballast tube |
battery charger |
beam engine |
beam-switching tube |
bearings |
begetter |
beginner |
blowing engine |
bonnet |
boot |
brake |
brush |
bucket seat |
builder |
bumper |
cam engine |
camshaft |
cap |
capacitator |
capacitor |
capacitor motor |
carburetor |
catalyst |
cathode |
causer |
charger |
chassis |
choke |
choking coil |
clock |
clutch |
coil |
commutator |
commutator motor |
compensated motor |
compensator |
compound motor |
conceiver |
condenser |
condensing engine |
connecting rod |
constructor |
control relay |
control resistor |
controller |
converter |
convertible top |
convertor |
Corliss engine |
coupling |
cowl |
craftsman |
crank |
crankcase |
crankshaft |
creator |
current regulator |
cutout |
cylinder |
cylinder head |
damper |
dash |
dashboard |
designer |
detector |
deviser |
diagonal engine |
differential |
direct-acting engine |
discoverer |
discriminator |
distributor |
donkey engine |
doubler |
dynamo |
dynamotor |
effector |
electric motor |
electrode |
electrophorus |
electroscope |
engenderer |
engineer |
executor |
executrix |
exhaust |
exhaust pipe |
fan |
father |
feedback amplifier |
fender |
fire engine |
flywheel |
focus tube |
founder |
fuse |
galvanic pile |
galvanoscope |
gas turbine engine |
gear |
gearbox |
gearshift |
grid |
ground |
grower |
headlight |
headrest |
hood |
horn |
hot-air engine |
hydraulic engine |
hydro-jet |
iconoscope |
ignition |
impulse duct engine |
inaugurator |
inductor |
industrialist |
initiator |
inspirer |
instigator |
institutor |
insulator |
intake |
interrupter |
introducer |
inventor |
inverted engine |
inverter |
ion engine |
ion rocket |
jet |
journeyman |
jumper |
lightning rod |
limiter |
local-oscillator tube |
magnet |
magnetic relay |
magneto |
magnetoscope |
maker |
manifold |
manufacturer |
master |
master craftsman |
meter relay |
mixer tube |
modulator |
mother |
motor-generator |
mover |
muffler |
multiplier |
multipurpose tube |
multivibrator |
organizer |
originator |
oscillator |
oscilloscope |
Otto engine |
outboard motor |
outlet |
output tube |
pancake engine |
parent |
parking light |
past master |
patriarch |
PCV valve |
phase inverter |
picture tube |
pile |
piston |
piston engine |
piston-valve engine |
planner |
plasma engine |
plug |
pocket |
points |
portable engine |
power brakes |
power steering |
power tube |
precursor |
pressure transducer |
prime mover |
primum mobile |
producer |
pulse generator |
pulse-jet engine |
pumping engine |
push button |
radial engine |
radiator |
radio-frequency tube |
raiser |
ramjet |
ramjet engine |
reactor |
realizer |
rear-view mirror |
receiving tube |
receptacle |
reciprocating engine |
rectifier |
rectifier tube |
refrigerating engine |
regenerator |
regulator |
relay |
reluctance amplifier |
repeater |
resistance box |
resistor |
resojet engine |
rheostat |
rocket engine |
rocket motor |
rotary engine |
rotary-piston engine |
rotor motor |
seat belt |
self-starter |
selsyn |
servo amplifier |
servomotor |
shaper |
shock absorber |
shunt |
shunt motor |
sire |
smith |
socket |
spark coil |
spark plug |
speedometer |
springs |
starter |
steam engine |
steering wheel |
step-down transformer |
supercharged engine |
switch |
synchronous converter |
synchronous motor |
tap |
terminal |
thermal timing relay |
three-phase motor |
time switch |
timer |
toggle switch |
top |
traction engine |
transducer |
transformer |
transmission |
transmitter |
trickle charger |
trigger tube |
turbine |
turbojet |
turbojet engine |
universal |
valve |
variable-speed motor |
vernier engine |
vertical engine |
voltage changer |
voltage regulator |
voltage transformer |
Wankel engine |
windscreen |
windshield |
wright
See Also | aerogenerator |
alternator |
apparatus |
brush |
coiner |
dynamo |
electronic device |
engine |
magneto |
magnetoelectric machine |
maker |
oscillator |
pulse generator |
rotor |
rotor coil |
setup |
shaper |
stator |
stator coil |
turbogenerator |
wind generator |
windmill
Generator In Webster's Dictionary
\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}.
\Gen"er*a`tor\, n. (Elec.)
Any machine that transforms mechanical into electrical
energy; a dynamo.
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