generator

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun an apparatus that produces a vapor or gas
noun engine that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy by electromagnetic induction
noun someone who originates or causes or initiates something

From Latin, from past participle of genero (“beget, father”), equivalent to generate + -or.

The great generator was roaring. — Astounding Stories, August, 1931, Various
Wet generator motors to produce short circuits. — Simple Sabotage Field Manual, United States. Office of Strategic Services
Both generators on the tractor beam went out. — Triplanetary, E. E. (Edward Elmer) Smith

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