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generator
- /ˈdʒɛnəɹeɪtə(ɹ)/
Where it comes from
From Latin, from past participle of genero (“beget, father”), equivalent to generate + -or.
noun generators
- 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.
- The principal sound or sounds by which others are produced; the fundamental note or root of the common chord; -- see also generating tone.
- An interval that is repeatedly stacked to obtain other pitches in tuning systems or scales.
- 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.
- One of the lines of a ruled surface; more generally, an element of some family of linear spaces.
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A subordinate piece of code which, given some initial parameters, will generate multiple output values on request.
When you come across something that looks like a listcomp but is surrounded by parentheses, you're looking at a generator: […]
Similar: semicoroutine
- 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. In 1915, concurrent with the L.S.W.R. electrification, power was supplied from the Waterloo sub-station, and the old equipment held in reserve. Some generator sets were removed, and motor generators installed for standby lighting and other services.
Opposite: extinguisher
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: source, author, aerosol, boiler, motor, reactor, engine, mechanic, builder, alternator, grower, maker, pulser, generation, seed, generate
noun
Opposite: extinguisher
Translations
Every language
noun apparatus: electrical generator
| Español | generador, generador eléctrico |
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| 한국어 | 발전기 baljeon'gi |
| 日本語 | 発電機 hatsudenki |
| 中文 | 發電機 /发电机 fādiànjī |
| हिन्दी | जनित्र janitra, जनरेटर janreṭar |
| Kiswahili | jenereta |
| Português | gerador |
| Français | générateur, générateur électrique |
| Deutsch | Generator |
| Italiano | generatore |
| Ελληνικά | γεννήτρια gennítria |
| Română | generator |
| Русский | генера́тор generátor |
| Tiếng Việt | máy phát điện |
| العربية | مُوَلِّد muwallid, مُوَلِّد كَهْرَبَائِيّ muwallid kahrabāʔiyy |
| עברית | מְחוֹלֵל mekholél, גֵּנֵרָטוֹר generátor |
noun mathematics: an element of a group that is used in the presentation of the group
| Ελληνικά | γεννήτορας gennítoras |
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noun in programming
| Русский | генера́тор generátor |
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