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wind generator en · NOUN

Meanings

1. A wind-driven generator, working on the same principle as a wind turbine but usually on a smaller scale, used for example for charging batteries on sailing boats.
   • When Kamkwamba stopped going to school because his family could no longer afford the fees, he went to his local library, read up on his science, found a DIY guide to making a wind generator and set about trying to build it. […] 2009 October 2, John Vidal, “'Tilting at windmills: the boy who harnessed the wind'”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

Forms

Synonyms

wind turbine

Translations (12)

ka ქარის გენერატორი (wind-driven generator) · ru ветря́к (wind-driven generator) · ru ветроэлектрогенера́тор (wind-driven generator) · da vindgenerator (wind-driven generator) · nn vindgenerator (wind-driven generator) · nb vindgenerator (wind-driven generator) · pl turbina wiatrowa (wind-driven generator) · mr वातचलित्र जनित्र (wind-driven generator) · lv vēja ģenerators (wind-driven generator) · hy հողմաշարժիչ (wind-driven generator) · ro generator eolian (wind-driven generator) · de Windgenerator (wind-driven generator)