generator : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: generator	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for generator
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
generator n 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; "he was the generator of several complaints" Synonym(s): generator, source, author an electronic device for producing a signal voltage
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Generator \Gen"er*a`tor\, n. (Elec.) Any machine that transforms mechanical into electrical energy; a dynamo.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Generator \Gen"er*a`tor\, n. [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}.