generator

noun
/ˈdʒɛnəɹeɪtə(ɹ)/

Etymology

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

Definitions

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

  2. A piece of apparatus, equipment, etc, to convert or change energy from one form to…

    A piece of apparatus, equipment, etc, to convert or change energy from one form to another.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for generator. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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