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Generator   /dʒˈɛnərˌeɪtər/   Listen
noun
Generator  n.  
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.
4.
(Elec.) Any machine that transforms mechanical into electrical energy; a dynamo.
5.
(Math.) A mathematical entity which, when subjected to an operation, yields another mathematical entity; also, a generatrix.





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"Generator" Quotes from Famous Books



... transmission of power is exemplified in everything which is based on the generation of electricity. The ordinary electric light is power coming from a generator in the building or ...
— Marvels of Modern Science • Paul Severing
... The carbon dioxide generator, A, was devised by us to take the place of the ordinary generators, in which marble is used. We have found that a submersion of twenty hours in boiling water does not suffice to completely remove the air which, as is well known, is contained in ordinary marble; hence some other substance must ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 561, October 2, 1886 • Various
... steam generator, composed of a series of cylindrical boilers, of round ends, provided with openings for steam and water, and arranged in a vertical and inclined position, in the manner and for the purpose ...
— Scientific American, Vol. 17, No. 26 December 28, 1867 • Various
... low pressure. As before, all parts of the current will be deflected towards the right, and the result, clearly, is a whirl opposite in direction to that of the cyclone. But here there is a tendency to dissipation rather than to concentration of energy, hence, considered as a storm-generator, the ...
— A History of Science, Volume 3(of 5) • Henry Smith Williams


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