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De - Pt| English Dictionary: generator' | by the DICT Development Group |
| 2 results for generator' | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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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]: | |
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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}. | |
