generator

See also: generátor and Generator

Contents

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin, from past participle of genero ‎(“beget, father”)

NounEdit

generator ‎(plural generators)

1. One who, or that which, generates, begets, causes, or produces.
   1. (chemistry) 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.
   2. (music) The principal sound or sounds by which others are produced; the fundamental note or root of the common chord; -- see also generating tone.
   3. (mathematics) 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.
   4. (geometry) One of the lines of a ruled surface; more generally, an element of some family of linear spaces.
   5. (programming) A subordinate piece of code which, given some initial parameters will generate multiple output values on request.
2. A piece of apparatus, equipment, etc, to convert or change energy from one form to another.
   1. Especially, a machine that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy.

AntonymsEdit

• (one which generates): extinguisher

Derived termsEdit

• wind generator

TranslationsEdit

mathematics: an element of a group that is used in the presentation of the group

• Greek: γεννήτορας (el) m ‎(gennítoras)

• Icelandic: spönnuður m

apparatus: electrical generator

• Bulgarian: генератор m ‎(generator)
• Catalan: generador m
• Esperanto: generatoro, generilo
• Estonian: elektrigeneraator
• Finnish: generaattori (fi)
• French: générateur (fr) m, générateur électrique m
• Galician: xerador m
• German: Generator (de)
• Greek: γεννήτρια (el) f ‎(gennítria)
• Hungarian: generátor (hu)
• Japanese: 発電機 ‎(hatsudenki)
• Macedonian: генератор m ‎(generátor)
• Malay: penjana

• Maori: mīhini-huri-hiko
• Navajo: atsiniltłʼish álʼį́
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: generator m

  Nynorsk: generator m

• Portuguese: gerador (pt) m
• Romanian: generator (ro) m
• Russian: генера́тор (ru) m ‎(generátor)
• Spanish: generador (es) m, generador eléctrico m
• Swedish: generator (sv) c
• Turkish: jeneratör (tr)
• Welsh: generadur m

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LatinEdit

VerbEdit

generātor

1. second-person singular future passive imperative of generō
2. third-person singular future passive imperative of generō

ReferencesEdit

• generator in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• generator in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

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Norwegian BokmålEdit

Wikipedia ^no

EtymologyEdit

From Latin generare

NounEdit

generator m ‎(definite singular generatoren, indefinite plural generatorer, definite plural generatorene)

1. a generator

Derived termsEdit

• vindgenerator

ReferencesEdit

• “generator” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian NynorskEdit

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

EtymologyEdit

From Latin generare

NounEdit

generator m ‎(definite singular generatoren, indefinite plural generatorar, definite plural generatorane)

1. a generator

Derived termsEdit

• vindgenerator

ReferencesEdit

• “generator” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.