Dynamo vs. Generator
Dynamonoun
An electricity generator, a dynamo-electric machine.
Generatornoun
One who, or that which, generates, begets, causes, or produces.
Dynamonoun
(figuratively) An energetic person.
‘That new Vice President of Marketing is a real dynamo; sales have already gone up this quarter.’;
Generatornoun
(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.
Dynamonoun
A dynamo-electric machine.
Generatornoun
(music) The principal sound or sounds by which others are produced; the fundamental note or root of the common chord; -- see also generating tone.
Dynamonoun
generator consisting of a coil (the armature) that rotates between the poles of an electromagnet (the field magnet) causing a current to flow in the armature
Generatornoun
(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.
Dynamo
A dynamo is an electrical generator that creates direct current using a commutator. Dynamos were the first electrical generators capable of delivering power for industry, and the foundation upon which many other later electric-power conversion devices were based, including the electric motor, the alternating-current alternator, and the rotary converter.
Generatornoun
(geometry) One of the lines of a ruled surface; more generally, an element of some family of linear spaces.
Generatornoun
(programming) A subordinate piece of code which, given some initial parameters, will generate multiple output values on request.
Generatornoun
A piece of apparatus, equipment, etc, to convert or change energy from one form to another.
Generatornoun
Especially, a machine that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy.
Generatornoun
One who, or that which, generates, begets, causes, or produces.
Generatornoun
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.
Generatornoun
The principal sound or sounds by which others are produced; the fundamental note or root of the common chord; - called also generating tone.
Generatornoun
Any machine that transforms mechanical into electrical energy; a dynamo.
Generatornoun
a mathematical entity which, when subjected to an operation, yields another mathematical entity; also, a generatrix.
Generatornoun
an apparatus that produces a vapor or gas
Generatornoun
engine that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy by electromagnetic induction
Generatornoun
someone who originates or causes or initiates something;
‘he was the generator of several complaints’;
Generatornoun
an electronic device for producing a signal voltage
