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One who, or that which, generates, begets, causes, or produces.

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  1. n. One who, or that which, generates, begets, causes, or produces.
  2. n. 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. n. The principal sound or sounds by which others are produced; the fundamental note or root of the common chord; -- called also generating tone.
  4. n. an apparatus that produces a vapor or gas
  5. n. engine that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy by electromagnetic induction
  6. n. someone who originates or causes or initiates something
  7. n. an electronic device for producing a signal voltage
  8. 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.
  9. The principal sound or sounds by which others are produced; thefundamental note or root of the common chord; -- called alsogenerating tone.
  10. n:100 n. an apparatus that produces a vapor or gas n. engine that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy by electromagnetic induction n. someone who originates or causes or initiates something n. an electronic device for producing a signal voltage