For Generator we have terms and definitions in 11 topics. The topics are Batteries, Dam, Energy, Environment, Explosives, Fish, Nuclear Science, RV, Robotics, Science and Wind Energy.

Generator (Batteries)

A device that produces an electric current through magnetism.

Generator (Dam)

A machine that changes water power, steam power, or other kinds of mechanical energy into electricity.

Generator (Energy)

A device that turns mechanical energy into electrical energy. The mechanical energy is sometimes provided by an engine or turbine.

Generator (Environment)

1. A facility or mobile source that emits pollutants into the air or releases hazardous waste into water or soil. 2. Any person, by site, whose act or process produces regulated medical waste or whose act first causes such waste to become subject to regulation. Where more than one person (e.g. doctors with separate medical practices) are located in the same building, each business entity is a separate generator.

Generator (Explosives)

An electrical device used to convert mechanical energy to electrical energy. It operates on the principle of electromagnetic Induction. The generator moves a conductor through a magnetic field and directs the current produced by the induced voltage to an external circuit. In the simplest generator, the conductor is an open coil of wire rotating between the poles of a permanent magnet. During a single rotation, one side of the coil passes through the magnetic field first in one direction and then in the other, so that the induced current is alternating current (AC), moving first in one direction, then in the other. Each end of the coil is attached to a separate metal slip ring that rotates with the coil. Brushes resting on the slip ring pass the current to the external circuit. To obtain direct current (DC), i.e., current that flows in only one direction, a commutator is used in place of slip rings. The commutator is a single slip ring split into left and right halves that are insulated from each other and attracted to opposite ends of the coil. Current leaves the generator through the brushes in only one direction and pulsates from no flow to maximum flow and back again. In practice, generators have many coils and several magnets. The whole assembly carrying the coils is called the armature, or rotor; the stationary parts constitute the stator. Except for magnetos, which use permanent magnets, AC and DC generators use electromagnets. AC generators are often called alternators.

Generator (Fish)

A machine that changes water power, steam power, or other kinds of mechanical energy into electricity.

Generator (Nuclear Science)

A cow-a system containing a parent-daughter set of radioisotopes in which the parent decays through a daughter to a stable isotope. The daughter is a different element from that of the parent, and, hence, can be separated from the parent by elution (milking).

Generator (RV)

Supplies 120-volt AC electricity when the motorhome is not plugged in to an external outlet. Most motorhomes, if not already equipped with a generator, have a prewired compartment for one. Because of noise concerns, some campgrounds may prohibit or restrict the hours it may be run. Quieter generators with electric fuel injection are available. Generators are most efficient when used to power high-voltage items.

Generator (Robotics)

A device that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy. It does this by rotating a coil of wire inside a magnetic field. This produces an electric current in the coil.

Generator (Science)

Machine that converts mechanical energy to electrical energy

Generator (Wind Energy)

A device that produces Direct Current from a rotating shaft.

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