Found 4 items, similar to Generator.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: generator
disel, generator, pembangkit
Indonesian → English (quick)
Definition: generator
generator
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: generator
generator
n 1: an apparatus that produces a vapor or gas
2: engine that converts mechanical energy into electrical
energy by electromagnetic induction
3: someone who originates or causes or initiates something;
“he
was the generator of several complaints” [syn:
source,
author]
4: an electronic device for producing a signal voltage
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Generator
Generator
\Gen"er*a`tor\, n. [L.]
1. One who, or that which, generates, begets, causes, or
produces.
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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.
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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.
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4. (Elec.) Any machine that transforms mechanical into
electrical energy; a dynamo.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
5. (Math.) a mathematical entity which, when subjected to an
operation, yields another mathematical entity; also, a
generatrix.
[PJC]