Generator

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Etymology

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Noun

generator

1. A machine that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy
2. One who, or that which, generates, begets, causes, or produces.
3. 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.
4. (Music): The principal sound or sounds by which others are produced; the fundamental note or root of the common chord; -- called also generating tone