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- DictionaryGen·er·a·tor/ˈjenəˌrādər/
noun
- 1. a person or thing that generates something.
- 2. a dynamo or similar machine for converting mechanical energy into electricity.
Generators work by rotating a coil of wire in a magnetic field, causing a current to flow in the wire. A generator may be a huge spinning turbine powered by water, wind, steam, gas, or nuclear reactions, which sends electricity out through power lines to thousands of customers.
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 machine or device that produces something: a random number generator. a company or organization that produces something: The two major electricity generators declined to comment. Within the United States, the military is the largest generator of hazardous waste. Tourism is Australia's greatest generator of employment.
gen·er·a·tor. A machine that converts movement, or mechanical energy, into electrical energy. Generators create an electric current by means of a coiled electric wire that rotates between two magnets. When the wire turns inside the magnetic field, an electric current flows through it.
A generator is machine that produces power. Generator can also mean someone who creates something. If you come up with lots of ideas, you are an idea generator.
3 days ago · A generator is a machine for converting mechanical energy into electrical energy. A hydroelectric plant is a plant in which the turbine generators are driven by falling water. The hydraulic motors drive electrical generators to produce electricity.
Definition of generator noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
a machine that produces electricity. (Definition of generator from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of generator. in Chinese (Traditional) 產生器, （尤指）發電機… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) 发生器, （尤指）发电机… See more. in Spanish. generador, generador [masculine], generador de electricidad [masculine]… See more.
Definition of generator noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. generator. noun. /ˈdʒɛnəˌreɪt̮ər/ a machine for producing electricity The factory's emergency generators were used during the power cut. a wind generator (= a machine that uses the power of the wind to produce electricity) Definitions on the go.
GENERATOR meaning: 1 : something that produces something; 2 : a machine that produces electricity.
