Generator
Definition of Generator
Gen´er`a`tor | 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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