Generator vs. Alternator

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

Alternatornoun

An electric generator which produces alternating current through mechanical means.

Alternatornoun

An electric generator or dynamo for producing alternating currents.

Alternatornoun

an old term for an electric generator that produces alternating current (especially in automobiles)

Alternator

An alternator is an electrical generator that converts mechanical energy to electrical energy in the form of alternating current. For reasons of cost and simplicity, most alternators use a rotating magnetic field with a stationary armature.