generator

CEFRB2

/ˈdʒɛnəɹeɪtə(ɹ)/

noun

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noun
A machine that produces electricity.
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noun
Extra detail
One who, or that which, generates, begets, causes, or produces.

Examples

All hospitals are equipped with a spare generator in case of a power outage.
Every hospital has a back-up electric generator in case of blackout.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses: 5
Parts of speech: 1
Citations: 5
Synonyms: 1

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noun

Extra meanings

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.

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In context

Many games use dice as a random number generator.
When you come across something that looks like a listcomp but is surrounded by parentheses, you're looking at a generator: […]
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.

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The wind turbine acts as a blank that turns wind into electricity.

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Citations

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When you come across something that looks like a listcomp but is surrounded by parentheses, you're looking at a generator: […]
2016, Paul Barry, Head First Python: A Brain-Friendly Guide, O'Reilly, →ISBN, page 508
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.
1958 August 26, T. S. Lascelles, “Diamond Jubilee of the Waterloo & City Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 523
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.
1962 December 26, “The Oxted Line diesel-electric multiple-units”, in Modern Railways, page 383
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.
2009 October 2, John Vidal, “'Tilting at windmills: the boy who harnessed the wind'”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
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.
2010, Taiwan: Recent Economic and Political Developments Yearbook, International Business Publications, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 130

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Origin

noun

From Latin, from past participle of genero (“beget, father”), equivalent to generate + -or.

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The wind turbine acts as a blank— that turns wind into electricity.

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noun

The wind turbine acts as a blank that turns wind into electricity.