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1
a
machine
that
produces
electrical
power
:
Examples:
The hospital's
emergency
generators are
designed
to
cope
with
power
cuts
.
2
a
machine
or
device
that
produces
something:
Examples:
a
random
number
generator
3
a
company
or
organization
that
produces
something:
Examples:
The two
major
electricity
generators
declined
to
comment
.
Within
the
United
States
, the
military
is the
largest
generator
of
hazardous
waste
.
Tourism
is Australia's
greatest
generator
of
employment
.
4
a person who
produces
something:
Examples:
Effective
leaders
do not themselves have to be generators of
ideas
.
5
a
machine
that
produces
electricity
6
a
machine
that
produces
electricity
:
Examples:
The
turbine
connects
to a
generator
and
feeds
power
into the
grid
.
7
a person,
company
,
government
, etc. that
produces
something:
Examples:
a
generator
of sth
Southern
England
is the
chief
generator
of
tax
for the
United
Kingdom
overall
.
an
income
/
economic
/
revenue
generator
8
a
company
that
produces
electricity
:
Examples:
National
Power
, Britain's second
largest
generator
,
announced
record
profits
yesterday
.
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