Generator
Pronunciation : Gen"er*a`tor
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [L.]
Definition : 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.)
Defn: The principal sound or sounds by which others are produced; the fundamental note or root of the common chord; -- called also generating tone.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913