Generator
noun
A machine or device that produces something.
The wind farm has 40 electricity generators.
Often appears as...
- electricity generator
- gas generator
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Technical
noun
A person or thing that generates or causes something to happen.
He was a great generator of ideas.
Often appears as...
- generator of ideas
- generator of wealth
noun
In mathematics, an element from which a group is generated.
This group has two generators.
Often appears as...
- group generator
- algebraic generator
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Academic
noun
In computer science, a utility or program to produce data or code.
You can use a random number generator for this task.
Often appears as...
- random number generator
- code generator
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Technical
noun
A machine or device that produces something.
The wind farm has 40 electricity generators.
Often appears as...
- electricity generator
- gas generator
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A person or thing that generates or causes something to happen.
He was a great generator of ideas.
Often appears as...
- generator of ideas
- generator of wealth
noun
In mathematics, an element from which a group is generated.
This group has two generators.
Often appears as...
- group generator
- algebraic generator
Usage tips
Academic
noun
In computer science, a utility or program to produce data or code.
You can use a random number generator for this task.
Often appears as...
- random number generator
- code generator
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Power Source
The term often refers to equipment providing electricity or mechanical power.
During the outage, the generator kept the lights on.
Pro Tip 2/3Types Matter
Different types of generators are used for varying needs like electric, gas, or diesel.
The campsite requires a gas generator for energy.
Pro Tip 3/3Portability
Generators can be stationary for buildings or portable for moveable use.
We have a portable generator for our road trips.
Pro Tip 1/3Power Source
The term often refers to equipment providing electricity or mechanical power.
During the outage, the generator kept the lights on.
Pro Tip 2/3Types Matter
Different types of generators are used for varying needs like electric, gas, or diesel.
The campsite requires a gas generator for energy.
Pro Tip 3/3Portability
Generators can be stationary for buildings or portable for moveable use.
We have a portable generator for our road trips.
Pro Tip 1/3Power Source
The term often refers to equipment providing electricity or mechanical power.
During the outage, the generator kept the lights on.
Pro Tip 2/3Types Matter
Different types of generators are used for varying needs like electric, gas, or diesel.
The campsite requires a gas generator for energy.
Pro Tip 3/3Portability
Generators can be stationary for buildings or portable for moveable use.
We have a portable generator for our road trips.
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Making safe nuclear...
sure well like I said we're moving more towards this distributed generation model and you know I think that's essentially for three reasons I think when the biggest is efficiency right if you have big gigawatt scale power generators and your consumers of it are far away you're losing a lot electricity from resistive heating and in the power
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Computing a theory of...
Well, it turns out we can do very much the same kind of thing in the computational universe. There's an inexhaustible supply of programs out there. The challenge is to see how to harness them for human purposes. Something like Rule 30, for example, turns out to be a really good randomness generator. Other simple programs are good models
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The world’s most...
has patterns you wouldn't find from a random letter generator. Other than that, we know little more than what we can see. The letters are varied in style and height. Some are borrowed from other scripts, but many are unique. The taller letters have been named gallows characters. The manuscript is highly decorated throughout
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The mind behind Tesla,...
We've got this giant fusion generator in the sky called the sun, and we just need to tap a little bit of that energy for purposes of human civilization. What most people know but don't realize they know is that the world is almost entirely solar-powered already. If the sun wasn't there, we'd be a frozen ice ball
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Fred Jansen: How to land...
and that's how we know where we are respective to the comet. And, of course, it's the first satellite to go beyond the orbit of Jupiter on solar cells. Now, this sounds more heroic than it actually is, because the technology to use radio isotope thermal generators
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Is math discovered or...
They called the number one, "the monad," the generator of all other numbers and source of all creation. Numbers were active agents in nature. Plato argued mathematical concepts were concrete and as real as the universe itself, regardless of our knowledge of them.
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Bill Gates: The...
which activates a generator which pushes electrons through the wire. This current propagates through hundreds of miles of electric cables and arrives at your home. All around the world, countless people are doing this every
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Thoughts on humanity,...
I think both of us were going through our midlife crisis, and humanity, like me, was becoming an overexposed prima donna. I started to sell everything, from hair oil to diesel generators. Humanity was buying everything
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Generator Jump Start PIPE...
need to make sure I have communications electricity air-to-ground it's gonna save my bacon when I need help can't even begin to fathom getting hurt again I need to get my generator running
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Rare Fossa Sighting in...
just as we thought she's at the rubbish pit not even remotely bothered by the sound of our noisey generator to find out more about these rare animals scientists put radio
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Making safe nuclear...
sure well like I said we're moving more towards this distributed generation model and you know I think that's essentially for three reasons I think when the biggest is efficiency right if you have big gigawatt scale power generators and your consumers of it are far away you're losing a lot electricity from resistive heating and in the power
Video examples
Computing a theory of...
Well, it turns out we can do very much the same kind of thing in the computational universe. There's an inexhaustible supply of programs out there. The challenge is to see how to harness them for human purposes. Something like Rule 30, for example, turns out to be a really good randomness generator. Other simple programs are good models
Video examples
The world’s most...
has patterns you wouldn't find from a random letter generator. Other than that, we know little more than what we can see. The letters are varied in style and height. Some are borrowed from other scripts, but many are unique. The taller letters have been named gallows characters. The manuscript is highly decorated throughout
Video examples
The mind behind Tesla,...
We've got this giant fusion generator in the sky called the sun, and we just need to tap a little bit of that energy for purposes of human civilization. What most people know but don't realize they know is that the world is almost entirely solar-powered already. If the sun wasn't there, we'd be a frozen ice ball
Video examples
Fred Jansen: How to land...
and that's how we know where we are respective to the comet. And, of course, it's the first satellite to go beyond the orbit of Jupiter on solar cells. Now, this sounds more heroic than it actually is, because the technology to use radio isotope thermal generators
Video examples
Is math discovered or...
They called the number one, "the monad," the generator of all other numbers and source of all creation. Numbers were active agents in nature. Plato argued mathematical concepts were concrete and as real as the universe itself, regardless of our knowledge of them.
Video examples
Bill Gates: The...
which activates a generator which pushes electrons through the wire. This current propagates through hundreds of miles of electric cables and arrives at your home. All around the world, countless people are doing this every
Video examples
Thoughts on humanity,...
I think both of us were going through our midlife crisis, and humanity, like me, was becoming an overexposed prima donna. I started to sell everything, from hair oil to diesel generators. Humanity was buying everything
Video examples
Generator Jump Start PIPE...
need to make sure I have communications electricity air-to-ground it's gonna save my bacon when I need help can't even begin to fathom getting hurt again I need to get my generator running
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Rare Fossa Sighting in...
just as we thought she's at the rubbish pit not even remotely bothered by the sound of our noisey generator to find out more about these rare animals scientists put radio
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Fatih Birol
Turkish Economist
When I look at the many energy-using sectors - such as businesses, households, electricity generators, the transportation sector - I see that the business sector is the one which uses the energy efficiency potential the highest, because they know that using energy more efficiently will also reduce their costs.
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Ed Begley, Jr.
American Actor
I ride my bike for transportation a great deal - occasionally I ride it for fun. But I also have a generator bike that's hooked up to my solar battery pack, so if I ride 15 minutes hard on my bike, that's enough energy to toast toast, or power my computer.
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Nikola Tesla
Inventor
We wind a simple ring of iron with coils; we establish the connections to the generator, and with wonder and delight we note the effects of strange forces which we bring into play, which allow us to transform, to transmit and direct energy at will.
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Stephen Kinzer
American Author
Other places are also generators of far-flung violence beyond their own borders - Pakistan and Saudi Arabia are obvious examples - but none has as long a history of war, resistance, and terror as Chechnya.
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Dennis Muilenburg
American Businessman
When you think about our 13,000 small and medium businesses in America that are part of our supply chain, and that's more than 1.5 million manufacturing jobs. So it's a significant job generator.
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Bruce Bueno de Mesquita
American Educator
I'm not engaged in predicting random number generators. I actually get phone calls from people who want to know what lottery numbers are going to win. I don't have a clue.
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Alva Noto
German Artist
I usually create sounds and have different generators running over it. You know you can open a word-file as a picture or the other way round. I do the same with sounds.
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Andrew Stanton
American Director
Even as a kid I was never the generator of humor, but I always knew who was funny, who to hang out with.
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A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Indian Statesman
The youth need to be enabled to become job generators from job seekers.
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Phil Gramm
American Politician
Government is not the generator of economic growth; working people are.
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Fatih Birol
Turkish Economist
When I look at the many energy-using sectors - such as businesses, households, electricity generators, the transportation sector - I see that the business sector is the one which uses the energy efficiency potential the highest, because they know that using energy more efficiently will also reduce their costs.
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Ed Begley, Jr.
American Actor
I ride my bike for transportation a great deal - occasionally I ride it for fun. But I also have a generator bike that's hooked up to my solar battery pack, so if I ride 15 minutes hard on my bike, that's enough energy to toast toast, or power my computer.
Quote examples
Nikola Tesla
Inventor
We wind a simple ring of iron with coils; we establish the connections to the generator, and with wonder and delight we note the effects of strange forces which we bring into play, which allow us to transform, to transmit and direct energy at will.
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Stephen Kinzer
American Author
Other places are also generators of far-flung violence beyond their own borders - Pakistan and Saudi Arabia are obvious examples - but none has as long a history of war, resistance, and terror as Chechnya.
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Dennis Muilenburg
American Businessman
When you think about our 13,000 small and medium businesses in America that are part of our supply chain, and that's more than 1.5 million manufacturing jobs. So it's a significant job generator.
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Bruce Bueno de Mesquita
American Educator
I'm not engaged in predicting random number generators. I actually get phone calls from people who want to know what lottery numbers are going to win. I don't have a clue.
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Alva Noto
German Artist
I usually create sounds and have different generators running over it. You know you can open a word-file as a picture or the other way round. I do the same with sounds.
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Andrew Stanton
American Director
Even as a kid I was never the generator of humor, but I always knew who was funny, who to hang out with.
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A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Indian Statesman
The youth need to be enabled to become job generators from job seekers.
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Phil Gramm
American Politician
Government is not the generator of economic growth; working people are.
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