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The definition of a generator is someone or something that produces something.
(noun)An example of a generator is a machine that can produce electrical energy when the power is out in an area.
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See generator in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
- a person or thing that generates; specif.,
- a machine for producing gas or steam
- a machine for changing mechanical energy into electrical energy; dynamo
- generatrix
Origin: L
See generator in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- a. One that generates, especially a machine that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy.b. An apparatus that generates vapor or gas.
- A circuit that generates a specified waveform.
- Mathematics See generatrix.
- Computer Science A program that produces specific programs from the definition of an operation.
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