- (n.) An apparatus in which vapor or gas is formed from a liquid or solid by means of heat or chemical process, as a steam boiler, gas retort or vessel for generating carbonic acid gas, etc.
- (n.) One who or that which, generates, begets, causes or produces.
- (n.) The principal sound or sounds by which others are produced; the fundamental note or root of the common chord; -- called also generating tone.
- (n.) Any machine that transforms mechanical into electrical energy; a dynamo.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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