Gen"er*a`tor, n. (Elec.) Any machine that transforms mechanical into electrical energy; a dynamo.

Gen"er*a`tor (?), n. [L.] 1. One who, or that which, generates, begets, causes, or produces.

2. 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.

3. (Mus.) The principal sound or sounds by which others are produced; the fundamental note or root of the common chord; -- called also generating tone.

Gen"er*a`tor, n. (Elec.) Any machine that transforms mechanical into electrical energy; a dynamo.

• A machine that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy
  
• One who, or that which, generates, begets, causes, or produces.
  
• 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.
  
• (Music): The principal sound or sounds by which others are produced; the fundamental note or root of the common chord; -- called also generating tone