Look up: Generator

1. generator
   Type: Term Pronunciation: jen′ĕr-ā-tŏr Definitions: 1. An apparatus for conversion of chemical, mechanical, atomic, or other forms of energy into electricity.
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2. Generator
   1. A facility or mobile source that emits pollutants into the air or releases hazardous waste into water or soil. 2. Any person, by site, whose act or process produces regulated medical waste or whose act first causes such waste to become subject to regulation. Where more than one person (e.g. docto...
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3. generator
   The large motor designed to run cash registers and emergency lighting when normal power is lost. This unit is usually powered by natural gas.
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4. generator
   [n] - someone who originates or causes or initiates something 2. [n] - an electronic device for producing a signal voltage 3. [n] - an apparatus that produces a vapor or gas 4. [n] - engine that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy by electromagnetic induction
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5. Generator
   Large coil of wire with a magnet inside. When the magnet is turned, electricity is produced in the coil of wire.
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6. Generator
   A machine which uses motion to produce electrical energy. Sometimes called an alternator. A generator is like a dynamo, but with the permanent rotor magnets replaced with (d.c) rotor coils (electromagnets). The stator coils have an a.c. induced within them
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7. Generator
   A device that produces electricity, particularly one that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy.
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8. generator
   a machine that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy; 2.acontrolling routine that performs a generating function, for example, report generator, I/O generator Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers) • any system incorporating a fixed parent radionucli...
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9. Generator
   1. A facility or mobile source that emits pollutants into the air or releases hazardous waste into water or soil. 2. Any person, by site, whose act or process produces regulated medical waste or whose act first causes such waste to become subject to regulation. Where more than one person (e.g. doctors with separate medical practices) are located in the same building, each business entity is a separate generator.
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10. Generator
    Gen'er·a`tor noun [ Latin ] 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 ...
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11. Generator
    Gen'er·a`tor noun (Electricity) Any machine that transforms mechanical into electrical energy; a dynamo.
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12. generator
    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. The principal sound or sounds by ...
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13. generator
    noun engine that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy by electromagnetic induction
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14. generator
    (jen´әr-a″tәr) something that produces or causes to exist. a machine that converts mechanical to electrical energy. pulse generator the power source for an artificial pacemaker, usually powered by a long-lasting lithium battery and a microprocessor chip wit...
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15. Generator
    • (n.) 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. • (n.) One who, or that which, generates, begets, causes, or produces. • (n.) The principal ...
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16. generator
    (from the article `machine`) ...and internal-combustion engines are prime movers. In these machines the inputs vary; the outputs are usually rotating shafts capable of being used ...
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17. Generator
    A device that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy by magnetic induction.
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18. generator
    
    • an apparatus that produces a vapor or gas
    • engine that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy by electromagnetic induction
    • someone who originates or causes or initiates something
    • an electronic device for producing a signal voltage
    
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19. generator
    a machine which converts mechanical energy into electrical energy
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20. Generator
    Any machine that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy.
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21. generator
    generator, in electricity, machine used to change mechanical energy into electrical energy. It operates on the principle of electromagnetic induction, discovered (1831) by Michael Faraday. When a conductor passes through a magnetic field, a voltage is induced across the ends of the conductor. The ge...
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22. generator
    Machine that produces electrical energy from mechanical energy, as opposed to an electric motor, which does the opposite. A simple generator (known as a dynamo in the UK) consists of a wire-wound coil (armature) that is rotated between the poles of a permanent magnet. As the coil rotates it cuts across the magnetic field lines and a current is ...
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23. Generator
    A device that produces Direct Current from a rotating shaft.
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24. Generator
    (Bad Religion album) `Generator` is the sixth studio album by the punk rock band Bad Religion. Although the album was completed in the spring of 1991, it was not released until 1992. It was also the band`s first release with drummer Bobby Schayer, who replaced Pete Finestone during the...
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25. Generator
    (computer programming) In computer science, a `generator` is a special routine that can be used to control the iteration behaviour of a loop. A generator is very similar to a function that returns an array, in that a generator has parameters, can be called, and generates a sequence of values....
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