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generator.

One who, or that which, generates, begets, causes, or produces.

9 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈdʒɛnəɹeɪtə(ɹ)/
  1. One who, or that which, generates, begets, causes, or produces. 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. One who, or that which, generates, begets, causes, or produces. The principal sound or sounds by which others are produced; the fundamental note or root of the common chord; -- see also generating tone.

  3. One who, or that which, generates, begets, causes, or produces. An interval that is repeatedly stacked to obtain other pitches in tuning systems or scales.

  4. One who, or that which, generates, begets, causes, or produces. 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. One who, or that which, generates, begets, causes, or produces. One of the lines of a ruled surface; more generally, an element of some family of linear spaces.

  6. One who, or that which, generates, begets, causes, or produces. A subordinate piece of code which, given some initial parameters, will generate multiple output values on request.

  7. A piece of apparatus, equipment, etc, to convert or change energy from one form to another.

  8. A piece of apparatus, equipment, etc, to convert or change energy from one form to another. Especially, a machine that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy.

Where this word comes from

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

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