generator
generator Lexical Profile
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• noun
A machine or device that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy, often used to provide power during utility outages or in off-grid areas.
"The hospital immediately switched to its backup diesel generator when the city-wide blackout struck."
A person, organization, or abstract entity that originates, creates, or produces something.
"Small local businesses are often the primary job generator in emerging regional economies."
A routine, software component, or algorithm designed to produce a sequence of values or data elements upon iteration.
"The developer wrote a custom random number generator to drive the procedural terrain creation in the game."
• Rhymes for generator
Word Origin & Etymology
From Latin 'generator', meaning 'producer' or 'begetter', derived from the verb 'generare' (to bring forth, beget), which traces back to 'genus' (race, kind).