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generator - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'generator' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Generator [ n.]
- One who, or that which, generates, begets, causes, or produces.
- 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.
- The principal sound or sounds by which others are produced; the fundamental note or root of the common chord; -- called also generating tone.

Meaning of 'generator' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . generator [ n]
Meaning (1):
- someone who originates or causes or initiates something
Example in sentence:
  • he was the generator of several complaints