generator

== English == === Etymology === From Latin, from past participle of genero (“beget, father”), equivalent to generate +‎ -or. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈdʒɛnəɹeɪtə(ɹ)/ === Noun === generator (plural generators) One who, or that which, generates, begets, causes, or produces. (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. (music) The principal sound or sounds by which others are produced; the fundamental note or root of the common chord; -- see also generating tone. (music) An interval that is repeatedly stacked to obtain other pitches in tuning systems or scales. (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. (geometry) One of the lines of a ruled surface; more generally, an element of some family of linear spaces. (programming) A subordinate piece of code which, given some initial parameters, will generate multiple output values on request. Synonym: semicoroutine 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. ==== Antonyms ==== (antonym(s) of “one which generates”): extinguisher ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == Azerbaijani == === Etymology === From Russian генера́тор (generátor). === Noun === generator (definite accusative generatoru, plural generatorlar) (electricity) generator (machine that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “generator” in Obastan.com. == Danish == === Etymology === From Latin generare. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡenəˈʁɑːtʌ/, /ɡɛnəˈʁɑːtʌ/ === Noun === generator c (singular definite generatoren, plural indefinite generatorer) generator (one that generates) (electricity) generator (machine that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy) ==== Declension ==== === References === “generator” in Den Danske Ordbog == Dutch == === Etymology === From Latin generare. === Pronunciation === === Noun === generator m (plural generatoren or generators, diminutive generatortje n) generator (one that generates) (electricity) generator (machine that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy) === References === “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 == Indonesian == === Etymology === From Dutch generator, from Latin generātor, genero (“beget, father”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡenəˈratɔr/ Rhymes: -tɔr, -ɔr, -r Hyphenation: gé‧nê‧ra‧tor === Noun === génêrator (plural generator-generator) (electricity) generator ==== Synonyms ==== penjana (Standard Malay) ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “generator”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɡɛ.nɛˈraː.tɔr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [d͡ʒe.neˈraː.tor] === Etymology 1 === From generō (“bring to life, beget, generate, produce”) +‎ -tor (masculine agentive suffix). ==== Noun ==== generātor m (genitive generātōris, feminine generātrīx); third declension begetter, producer, generator, engenderer ===== Declension ===== Third-declension noun. === Etymology 2 === Inflected form of generō (“bring to life, beget, generate, produce”). ==== Verb ==== generātor second/third-person singular future passive imperative of generō === References === “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 == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Latin generare. === Noun === generator m (definite singular generatoren, indefinite plural generatorer, definite plural generatorene) a generator ==== Derived terms ==== vindgenerator === References === “generator” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From Latin generare. === Noun === generator m (definite singular generatoren, indefinite plural generatorar, definite plural generatorane) a generator ==== Derived terms ==== vindgenerator === References === “generator” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Polish == === Etymology === Internationalism; compare English generator, French générateur, German Generator, ultimately from Latin generātor. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡɛ.nɛˈra.tɔr/ Rhymes: -atɔr Syllabification: ge‧ne‧ra‧tor === Noun === generator m inan (related adjective generatorowy) (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 (programming) generator (subordinate piece of code which, given some initial parameters, will generate multiple output values on request) (literary) generator (that which, generates, begets, causes, or produces social phenomena) ==== Declension ==== === References === === Further reading === “generator”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[3] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “generator”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[4] (in Polish) generator in PWN's encyclopedia == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French générateur or Latin generator. Equivalent to genera +‎ -tor. === Adjective === generator m or n (feminine singular generatoare, masculine plural generatori, feminine/neuter plural generatoare) generator ==== Declension ==== === Noun === generator n (plural generatoare) generator ==== Declension ==== == Swedish == === Etymology === From Latin generare. === Noun === generator c a generator ==== Declension ==== ==== References ==== “generator”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “generator”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “generator”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)