generator

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʒɛnəɹeɪtə(ɹ)/

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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. (music) An interval that is repeatedly stacked to obtain other pitches in tuning systems or scales.
   4. (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.
   5. (geometry) One of the lines of a ruled surface; more generally, an element of some family of linear spaces.
   6. (programming) A subordinate piece of code which, given some initial parameters, will generate multiple output values on request.

      Synonym: semicoroutine

      • 2016, Paul Barry, Head First Python: A Brain-Friendly Guide, O'Reilly, →ISBN, page 508:

        When you come across something that looks like a listcomp but is surrounded by parentheses, you're looking at a generator: […]

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.
      • 1962 December, “The Oxted Line diesel-electric multiple-units”, in Modern Railways, page 383:

        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.

      • 2010, Taiwan: Recent Economic and Political Developments Yearbook‎^[1], International Business Publications, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 130:

        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.

• (antonym(s) of “one which generates”): extinguisher

From Russian генера́тор (generátor).

generator (definite accusative generatoru, plural generatorlar)

1. (electricity) generator (machine that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy)

• “generator” in Obastan.com.

From Latin generare.

• IPA^(key): /ɡenəˈʁɑːtʌ/, /ɡɛnəˈʁɑːtʌ/

generator c (singular definite generatoren, plural indefinite generatorer)

1. generator (one that generates)
2. (electricity) generator (machine that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy)

• “generator” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Latin generare.

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generator m (plural generatoren or generators, diminutive generatortje n)

1. generator (one that generates)
2. (electricity) generator (machine that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy)

• “generator” in Van Dale Onlinewoordenboek, Van Dale Lexicografie, 2007.
• Matthias de Vries, Lambert Allard te Winkel (1864) “generator”, in Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal, published 2001

From Dutch generator, from Latin generātor, genero (“beget, father”).

• IPA^(key): /ɡenəˈratɔr/
• Rhymes: -tɔr, -ɔr, -r
• Hyphenation: gé‧nê‧ra‧tor

génêrator (plural generator-generator)

1. (electricity) generator

• penjana (Standard Malay)

• “generator” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɡɛ.nɛˈraː.tɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒe.neˈraː.t̪or]

From generō (“bring to life, beget, generate, produce”) +‎ -tor (masculine agentive suffix).

generātor m (genitive generātōris, feminine generātrīx); third declension

1. begetter, producer, generator, engenderer

Third-declension noun.

Inflected form of generō (“bring to life, beget, generate, produce”).

generātor

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

• generator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• generator in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
• “generator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “generator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

From Latin generare.

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

1. a generator

• vindgenerator

• “generator” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Latin generare.

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

1. a generator

• vindgenerator

• “generator” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Internationalism; compare English generator, French générateur, German Generator, ultimately from Latin generātor.^[1][2]

• IPA^(key): /ɡɛ.nɛˈra.tɔr/

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• Rhymes: -atɔr
• Syllabification: ge‧ne‧ra‧tor

generator m inan (related adjective generatorowy)

1. (electricity) electric generator, generator (device that converts motion-based power (potential and kinetic energy) or fuel-based power (chemical energy) into electric power for use in an external circuit)

   Synonym: prądnica

2. (programming) generator (subordinate piece of code which, given some initial parameters, will generate multiple output values on request)
3. (literary) generator (that which, generates, begets, causes, or produces social phenomena)

• generator in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• generator in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• generator in PWN's encyclopedia

Borrowed from French générateur or Latin generator. Equivalent to genera +‎ -tor.

generator m or n (feminine singular generatoare, masculine plural generatori, feminine and neuter plural generatoare)

1. generator

generator n (plural generatoare)

1. generator

From Latin generare.

generator c

1. a generator

• generator in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• generator in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• generator in Svensk ordbok (SO)