generator
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.
an element or one of a set of elements from which a specified mathematical object can be formed by applying certain operations.
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.
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How to use generator in a sentence
YouTube was becoming a significant ad revenue generator in its own right.
With Bezos out as Amazon CEO, Zuckerberg is the last man standing | Elizabeth Dwoskin | February 3, 2021 | Washington PostMake a meme with a meme generatorThe quickest way to make a meme is to use a meme generator.
Microsoft on Thursday announced a new password generator for the recently released Edge 88.
Chrome and Edge want to help with that password problem of yours | Dan Goodin | January 22, 2021 | Ars TechnicaIt’s widely used in San Diego to heat homes and for cooking but it also powers a lot of the main energy generators used to create electricity for the region.
San Diego’s Climate Challenges Will Still Be Here in 2021 – and Beyond | MacKenzie Elmer | January 1, 2021 | Voice of San DiegoAmazon Web Services, a big profit generator for the company, has also experienced increased demand during the pandemic.
World’s richest men added billions to their fortunes last year as others struggled | Christopher Ingraham | January 1, 2021 | Washington Post
“Sometimes it takes 30 minutes, sometimes five minutes, for the generator to restart and the power to come back on,” he told me.
The Dazeem sensation arguably hit its peak with the Slate Adele Dazeem Name generator, a widget designed to Travoltify any name.
John Travolta and the Birth of the Adele Dazeem Phenomenon | Amy Zimmerman | March 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWe took the genre descriptions, broke them down to their key words… and built our own new-genre generator.
But the economic generator theory has been debunked over the past two decades.
Bankruptcy Hasn’t Stopped Detroit’s Plan for Public Funding of New Sports Stadium | Evan Weiner | December 4, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTRunning on power from a generator, it is constantly mortared and is a frequent target of airstrikes.
He applied voltage till his generator groaned, and watched in awe as meters climbed and climbed without any sign of stopping.
Security | Poul William AndersonThe generator hummed, the needles of the dials climbed, flickered, and steadied.
Space Prison | Tom GodwinThe generator was completed and installed on the nineteenth night.
Space Prison | Tom GodwinThe summer sun was hot the day the generator hummed into life.
Space Prison | Tom Godwin"I didn't realize it would take such a large generator," he said after a silence.
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British Dictionary definitions for generator
/ (ˈdʒɛnəˌreɪtə) /
physics
any device for converting mechanical energy into electrical energy by electromagnetic induction, esp a large one as in a power station
a device for producing a voltage electrostatically
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
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Scientific definitions for generator
[ jĕn′ə-rā′tər ]
A machine that converts mechanical energy into electricity to serve as a power source for other machines. Electrical generators found in power plants use water turbines, combustion engines, windmills, or other sources of mechanical energy to spin wire coils in strong magnetic fields, inducing an electric potential in the coils. A generator that provides alternating current power is called an alternator. See also induction.
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Cultural definitions for 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).
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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