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generator en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈdʒɛnəɹeɪtə(ɹ)/

Etymology

From Latin, from past participle of genero (“beget, father”), equivalent to generate + -or.

Meanings

1. One who, or that which, generates, begets, causes, or produces. ▸ An apparatus in which vapour or gas is formed from a liquid or solid by means of heat or chemical process, as a steam boiler, gas retort etc.
2. One who, or that which, generates, begets, causes, or produces. ▸ The principal sound or sounds by which others are produced; the fundamental note or root of the common chord; -- see also generating tone.
3. One who, or that which, generates, begets, causes, or produces. ▸ An interval that is repeatedly stacked to obtain other pitches in tuning systems or scales.
4. One who, or that which, generates, begets, causes, or produces. ▸ An element of a group that is used in the presentation of the group: one of the elements from which the others can be inferred with the given relators.
5. One who, or that which, generates, begets, causes, or produces. ▸ One of the lines of a ruled surface; more generally, an element of some family of linear spaces.
6. One who, or that which, generates, begets, causes, or produces. ▸ A subordinate piece of code which, given some initial parameters, will generate multiple output values on request.
   • When you come across something that looks like a listcomp but is surrounded by parentheses, you're looking at a generator: […] 2016, Paul Barry, Head First Python: A Brain-Friendly Guide, O'Reilly, →ISBN, page 508:
7. A piece of apparatus, equipment, etc, to convert or change energy from one form to another.
8. A piece of apparatus, equipment, etc, to convert or change energy from one form to another. ▸ Especially, a machine that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy.
   • Heating in the passenger sections is by electricity obtained from the main generator. When heating is dictated by the operation of a thermostat in the roof of the motor coach, engine idling speed is 600 r.p.m. instead of the normal 450 r.p.m. in order to produce a high enough generator voltage output at rest. 1962 December 14, “The Oxted Line diesel-electric multiple-units”, in Modern Railways, page 383:
   • WIND Since 2001, Taipower has installed eight wind-powered generators on Penghu, and in 2004 the main island's first commercial wind farm — located in Shihmen Township, Taipei County, and built by Taipower — went online. 2010, Taiwan: Recent Economic and Political Developments Yearbook, International Business Publications, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 130:
   • In 1915, concurrent with the L.S.W.R. electrification, power was supplied from the Waterloo sub-station, and the old equipment held in reserve. Some generator sets were removed, and motor generators installed for standby lighting and other services. 1958 August 14, T. S. Lascelles, “Diamond Jubilee of the Waterloo & City Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 523:
   • Using a tractor fan, shock absorbers, PVC pipes, a bicycle frame and anything else he could lay his hands on, he then built a rudimentary wooden tower, plonked his home-made generator on the top, and eventually got one, and then four bulbs to light up. 2009 October 2, John Vidal, “'Tilting at windmills: the boy who harnessed the wind'”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

Forms

Antonyms

extinguisher (antonym(s) of “one which generates”)

Deriveds

Kipp generator · character generator · wind generator · chemical oxygen generator · steam generator · pseudorandom number generator · engine-generator · starch generator · vortex generator · nanogenerator · CW generator · pseudo-random number generator · Van de Graaff generator · solar generator · function generator · Marx generator · Cockcroft-Walton generator · linear congruential generator · traffic generator · microgenerator · hydroelectric generator · autogenerator · economic scenario generator · turbogenerator · clock generator · engine generator · gas generator · random number generator · turbo-generator · diesel generator · cogenerator · finite generator · aerogenerator

Synonyms

semicoroutine

Translations (103)

es generador eléctrico (apparatus: electrical generator) · ur مُوَلِّد (apparatus: electrical generator) · ga gineadóir (apparatus: electrical generator) · ka გენერატორი (apparatus: electrical generator) · he גֵּנֵרָטוֹר (apparatus: electrical generator) · fr générateur (apparatus: electrical generator) · ja 発電機 (apparatus: electrical generator) · tr jeneratör (apparatus: electrical generator) · sk generátor (apparatus: electrical generator) · hi जनरेटर (apparatus: electrical generator) · fi virittäjä (mathematics: an element of a group that is used in the presentation of the group) · ur جَنْریٹَر (apparatus: electrical generator) · mk генера́тор (apparatus: electrical generator) · fa-ira ژِنِراتور (apparatus: electrical generator) · be генэра́тар (apparatus: electrical generator) · nv atsiniltłʼish ííłʼínígíí (apparatus: electrical generator) · eo generatoro (apparatus: electrical generator) · za fazdengih (apparatus: electrical generator) · nb generator (apparatus: electrical generator) · cmn 發電機 /发电机 (apparatus: electrical generator) · pt gerador (apparatus: electrical generator) · id pembangkit listrik (apparatus: electrical generator) · ca generador (apparatus: electrical generator) · id pembangkit (apparatus: electrical generator) · th เครื่องปั่นไฟ (apparatus: electrical generator) · th เครื่องกำเนิดไฟฟ้า (apparatus: electrical generator) · bn জেনারেটর (apparatus: electrical generator) · sh genèrātor (apparatus: electrical generator) · sl generator (apparatus: electrical generator) · uz generator (apparatus: electrical generator) · sq gjenerator (apparatus: electrical generator) · uk генера́тор (apparatus: electrical generator) · he מְחוֹלֵל (apparatus: electrical generator) · tr üreteç (apparatus: electrical generator) · sv generator (apparatus: electrical generator) · ms penjana (apparatus: electrical generator) · mr विद्युतजनित्र (apparatus: electrical generator) · kmr jenerator (apparatus: electrical generator) · ru генера́тор (in programming) · mr जनित्र (apparatus: electrical generator) · ps مولد (apparatus: electrical generator) · mi pukuhiko (apparatus: electrical generator) · ar مُوَلِّد (apparatus: electrical generator) · fr générateur électrique (apparatus: electrical generator) · eo generilo (apparatus: electrical generator) · gl xerador (apparatus: electrical generator) · az generator (apparatus: electrical generator) · et generaator (apparatus: electrical generator) · bg генера́тор (mathematics: an element of a group that is used in the presentation of the group) · tg генератор (apparatus: electrical generator) · pl generator (in programming) · hu generátor (apparatus: electrical generator) · km ម៉ាស៊ីនភ្លើង (apparatus: electrical generator) · el γεννήτρια (apparatus: electrical generator) · ky генератор (apparatus: electrical generator) · kk генератор (apparatus: electrical generator) · ga gineadóir (mathematics: an element of a group that is used in the presentation of the group) · tg муваллид (apparatus: electrical generator) · hy գեներատոր (apparatus: electrical generator) · da generator (apparatus: electrical generator) · ru генера́тор (apparatus: electrical generator) · ko 발전기 (apparatus: electrical generator) · sw jenereta (apparatus: electrical generator) · nl generator (apparatus: electrical generator) · fi sähkögeneraattori (apparatus: electrical generator) · bg генера́тор (in programming) · it generatore (apparatus: electrical generator) · is spönnuður (mathematics: an element of a group that is used in the presentation of the group) · sh генѐра̄тор (apparatus: electrical generator) · fa-ira مُوَلِّد (apparatus: electrical generator) · yue 發電機 /发电机 (apparatus: electrical generator) · el γεννήτορας (mathematics: an element of a group that is used in the presentation of the group) · cs generátor (apparatus: electrical generator) · mi mīhini-huri-hiko (apparatus: electrical generator) · lv ģenerators (apparatus: electrical generator) · pl prądnica (apparatus: electrical generator) · lo ເຄື່ອງກຳເນີດໄຟຟ້າ (apparatus: electrical generator) · is rafali (apparatus: electrical generator) · my ဂျင်နရေတာ (apparatus: electrical generator) · bn উৎপাদনযন্ত্র (apparatus: electrical generator) · mr जनरेटर (apparatus: electrical generator) · is rafall (apparatus: electrical generator) · cy generadur (apparatus: electrical generator) · hi जनित्र (apparatus: electrical generator) · es generador (apparatus: electrical generator) · mn үүсгүүр (apparatus: electrical generator) · vi máy phát điện (apparatus: electrical generator) · fi generaattori (apparatus: electrical generator) · de Generator (apparatus: electrical generator) · nn generator (apparatus: electrical generator) · lt generatorius (apparatus: electrical generator) · ar مُوَلِّد كَهْرَبَائِيّ (apparatus: electrical generator) · ug گېنېراتور (apparatus: electrical generator) · mn генератор (apparatus: electrical generator) · be генера́тар (apparatus: electrical generator) · tk generator (apparatus: electrical generator) · et elektrigeneraator (apparatus: electrical generator) · ro generator (apparatus: electrical generator) · my မီးစက် (apparatus: electrical generator) · hu aggregátor (apparatus: electrical generator) · bg генера́тор (apparatus: electrical generator) · id generator (apparatus: electrical generator) · pl generator (apparatus: electrical generator)