generator
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
computing
engineering
entertainment
geometry
lifestyle
mathematics
music
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
Etymology: From Latin, from past participle of genero (“beget, father”), equivalent to generate + -or.
Base: generate
Affixes: -or
Inflected forms:
form: generators
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: One who, or that which, generates, begets, causes, or produces.
pos: noun
gloss: One who, or that which, generates, begets, causes, or produces.
pos: noun
gloss: One who, or that which, generates, begets, causes, or produces.
pos: noun
gloss: One who, or that which, generates, begets, causes, or produces.
pos: noun
gloss: One who, or that which, generates, begets, causes, or produces.
pos: noun
gloss: One who, or that which, generates, begets, causes, or produces.
pos: noun
examples: When you come across something that looks like a listcomp but is surrounded by parentheses, you're looking at a generator: […]
gloss: A piece of apparatus, equipment, etc, to convert or change energy from one form to another.
pos: noun
gloss: A piece of apparatus, equipment, etc, to convert or change energy from one form to another.
pos: noun
examples: 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.
Heating in the passenger sections is by electricity obtained from the main generator. When heating is dictated by the operation of a thermostat in the roof of the motor coach, engine idling speed is 600 r.p.m. instead of the normal 450 r.p.m. in order to produce a high enough generator voltage output at rest.
Using a tractor fan, shock absorbers, PVC pipes, a bicycle frame and anything else he could lay his hands on, he then built a rudimentary wooden tower, plonked his home-made generator on the top, and eventually got one, and then four bulbs to light up.
WIND
Since 2001, Taipower has installed eight wind-powered generators on Penghu, and in 2004 the main island's first commercial wind farm — located in Shihmen Township, Taipei County, and built by Taipower — went online.
Antonyms: extinguisher
Derived words: aerogenerator
character generator
chemical oxygen generator
clock generator
Cockcroft-Walton generator
cogenerator
CW generator
diesel generator
economic scenario generator
engine generator
engine-generator
finite generator
function generator
gas generator
hydroelectric generator
Kipp generator
linear congruential generator
Marx generator
microgenerator
nanogenerator
pseudorandom number generator
pseudo-random number generator
random number generator
starch generator
steam generator
traffic generator
turbogenerator
turbo-generator
Van de Graaff generator
vortex generator
wind generator
Translations:
lang: Albanian
word: gjenerator
lang: Arabic
word: مُوَلِّد
roman: muwallid
lang: Arabic
word: مُوَلِّد كَهْرَبَائِيّ
roman: muwallid kahrabāʔiyy
lang: Armenian
word: գեներատոր
roman: generator
lang: Azerbaijani
word: generator
lang: Belarusian
word: генера́тар
roman: hjenjerátar
lang: Belarusian
word: генэра́тар
roman: hjenerátar
lang: Bengali
word: জেনারেটর
roman: jenareṭor
lang: Bengali
word: উৎপাদনযন্ত্র
roman: utpadnojontro
lang: Bulgarian
word: генера́тор
roman: generátor
lang: Burmese
word: ဂျင်နရေတာ
roman: gyangna.reta
lang: Burmese
word: မီးစက်
roman: mi:cak
lang: Catalan
word: generador
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 發電機 /发电机
roman: faat³ din⁶ gei¹
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 發電機 /发电机
roman: fādiànjī
lang: Czech
word: generátor
lang: Danish
word: generator
lang: Dutch
word: generator
lang: Esperanto
word: generatoro
lang: Esperanto
word: generilo
lang: Estonian
word: generaator
lang: Estonian
word: elektrigeneraator
lang: Finnish
word: generaattori
lang: Finnish
word: sähkögeneraattori
lang: French
word: générateur
lang: French
word: générateur électrique
lang: Galician
word: xerador
lang: Georgian
word: გენერატორი
roman: generaṭori
lang: German
word: Generator
lang: Greek
word: γεννήτρια
roman: gennítria
lang: Hebrew
word: מְחוֹלֵל
roman: mekholél
lang: Hebrew
word: גֵּנֵרָטוֹר
roman: generátor
lang: Hindi
word: जनित्र
roman: janitra
lang: Hindi
word: जनरेटर
roman: janreṭar
lang: Hungarian
word: generátor
lang: Hungarian
word: aggregátor
lang: Icelandic
word: rafall
lang: Icelandic
word: rafali
lang: Indonesian
word: pembangkit
lang: Indonesian
word: pembangkit listrik
lang: Indonesian
word: generator
lang: Irish
word: gineadóir
lang: Italian
word: generatore
lang: Japanese
word: 発電機
roman: hatsudenki
lang: Kazakh
word: генератор
roman: generator
lang: Khmer
word: ម៉ាស៊ីនភ្លើង
roman: maasɨn phləəng
lang: Korean
word: 발전기
roman: baljeon'gi
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: jenerator
lang: Kyrgyz
word: генератор
roman: generator
lang: Lao
word: ເຄື່ອງກຳເນີດໄຟຟ້າ
roman: khư̄ang kam nœ̄t fai fā
lang: Latvian
word: ģenerators
lang: Lithuanian
word: generatorius
lang: Macedonian
word: генера́тор
roman: generátor
lang: Malay
word: penjana
lang: Māori
word: mīhini-huri-hiko
lang: Māori
word: pukuhiko
lang: Marathi
word: विद्युतजनित्र
roman: vidyutajnitra
lang: Marathi
word: जनित्र
roman: janitra
lang: Marathi
word: जनरेटर
roman: janreṭar
lang: Mongolian
word: үүсгүүр
roman: üüsgüür
lang: Mongolian
word: генератор
roman: generator
lang: Navajo
word: atsiniltłʼish ííłʼínígíí
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: generator
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: generator
lang: Pashto
word: مولد
roman: moaled
lang: Iranian Persian
word: مُوَلِّد
roman: movalled
lang: Iranian Persian
word: ژِنِراتور
roman: ženerâtor
lang: Polish
word: prądnica
lang: Polish
word: generator
lang: Portuguese
word: gerador
lang: Romanian
word: generator
lang: Russian
word: генера́тор
roman: generátor
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: генѐра̄тор
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: genèrātor
lang: Slovak
word: generátor
lang: Slovene
word: generator
lang: Spanish
word: generador
lang: Spanish
word: generador eléctrico
lang: Swahili
word: jenereta
lang: Swedish
word: generator
lang: Tajik
word: генератор
roman: generator
lang: Tajik
word: муваллид
roman: muvallid
lang: Thai
word: เครื่องกำเนิดไฟฟ้า
roman: krʉ̂ʉang-gam-nə̀ət-fai-fáa
lang: Thai
word: เครื่องปั่นไฟ
roman: krʉ̂ʉang-bpàn-fai
lang: Turkish
word: jeneratör
lang: Turkish
word: üreteç
lang: Turkmen
word: generator
lang: Ukrainian
word: генера́тор
roman: henerátor
lang: Urdu
word: مُوَلِّد
roman: muvallid
lang: Urdu
word: جَنْریٹَر
roman: janreṭar
lang: Uyghur
word: گېنېراتور
roman: gënërator
lang: Uzbek
word: generator
lang: Vietnamese
word: máy phát điện
lang: Welsh
word: generadur
lang: Zhuang
word: fazdengih