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Webster 1913 Edition
Generator
Gen′er-aˊtor
,Noun.
[L.]
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
. Webster 1828 Edition
Generator
GEN'ERATOR
,Noun.
1.
In music, the principal sound or sounds by which others are produced. Thus the lowest C for the treble of the harpsichord, besides its octave, will strike an attentive ear with its twelfth above, or G in alt., and with its seventeenth above, or E in alt. Hence C is called their generator, the G and E its products or harmonics.2.
A vessel in which steam is generated.Definition 2024
Generator
Generator
German
Noun
Generator m (genitive Generators, plural Generatoren)
- generator (electrical machine)
Declension
Declension of Generator
| singular | plural | ||||
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| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | der | Generator | die | Generatoren |
| genitive | eines | des | Generators | der | Generatoren |
| dative | einem | dem | Generator | den | Generatoren |
| accusative | einen | den | Generator | die | Generatoren |
generator
generator
English
Noun
generator (plural generators)
- One who, or that which, generates, begets, causes, or produces.
- (chemistry) 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.
- (music) The principal sound or sounds by which others are produced; the fundamental note or root of the common chord; -- see also generating tone.
- (mathematics) 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.
- (geometry) One of the lines of a ruled surface; more generally, an element of some family of linear spaces.
- (programming) A subordinate piece of code which, given some initial parameters will generate multiple output values on request.
- 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.
Antonyms
- (one which generates): extinguisher
Derived terms
Translations
mathematics: an element of a group that is used in the presentation of the group
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apparatus: electrical generator
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Latin
Verb
generātor
- second-person singular future passive imperative of generō
- third-person singular future passive imperative of generō
References
- generator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- generator in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Noun
generator m (definite singular generatoren, indefinite plural generatorer, definite plural generatorene)
Derived terms
References
- “generator” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Noun
generator m (definite singular generatoren, indefinite plural generatorar, definite plural generatorane)
Derived terms
References
- “generator” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.