Generator

//ˈdʒɛnəɹeɪtə(ɹ)//

"Generator" in a Sentence (15 examples)

Every hospital has a back-up electric generator in case of blackout.

All hospitals are equipped with a spare generator in case of a power outage.

Many games use dice as a random number generator.

What happened to the generator?

We need to connect this cable to the generator.

Do you have a generator?

The primary sources of oxygen on the ISS are the Russian-built Elektron Oxygen Generator unit and NASA’s Oxygen Generator System (OGS).

We only use this generator when there is a power outage.

We need to destroy the shield generator.

We need to protect the shield generator.

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When you come across something that looks like a listcomp but is surrounded by parentheses, you're looking at a generator: […]

In 1915, concurrent with the L.S.W.R. electrification, power was supplied from the Waterloo sub-station, and the old equipment held in reserve. Some generator sets were removed, and motor generators installed for standby lighting and other services.

Heating in the passenger sections is by electricity obtained from the main generator. When heating is dictated by the operation of a thermostat in the roof of the motor coach, engine idling speed is 600 r.p.m. instead of the normal 450 r.p.m. in order to produce a high enough generator voltage output at rest.

Using a tractor fan, shock absorbers, PVC pipes, a bicycle frame and anything else he could lay his hands on, he then built a rudimentary wooden tower, plonked his home-made generator on the top, and eventually got one, and then four bulbs to light up.

WIND Since 2001, Taipower has installed eight wind-powered generators on Penghu, and in 2004 the main island's first commercial wind farm — located in Shihmen Township, Taipei County, and built by Taipower — went online.

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