Dynamo vs. Generator

Dynamonoun

An electricity generator, a dynamo-electric machine.

Dynamonoun

(figuratively) An energetic person.

Dynamonoun

A dynamo-electric machine.

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

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

One who, or that which, generates, begets, causes, or produces.

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.

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.

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.

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;

Generatornoun

an electronic device for producing a signal voltage