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Power Generator

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power generator [′pau̇·ər ‚jen·ə‚rād·ər]
(electricity)
A device for producing electric energy, such as an ordinary electric generator or a magnetohydrodynamic, thermionic, or thermoelectric power generator.

Power Generator 

a device for converting some form of energy—for example, mechanical energy, chemical energy, heat, or luminous energy—into electric energy. The term “power generator” is a collective term. Electric generators are often called power generators. However, in a broad sense, the term “power generator” is also applied to such devices as galvanic cells, electrochemical generators, magnetohydrodynamic generators, thermionic converters, photovoltaic converters, and solar batteries.



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