Machine generating alternating electric current.
Electricity generator that produces an alternating current.An old term for an electric generator that produces alternating current (especially in automobiles).

ETYM Latin.
Machine that produces electrical energy from mechanical energy, as opposed to an electric motor, which does the opposite. A simple generator (dynamo) consists of a wire-wound coil (armature) that is rotated between the poles of a permanent magnet. The movement of the wire in the magnetic field induces a current in the coil by electromagnetic induction, which can be fed by means of a commutator as a continuous direct current into an external circuit. Slip rings instead of a commutator produce an alternating current, when the generator is called an alternator.
1. A device that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy by electromagnetic induction.
2. Someone who originates or causes or initiates something; SYN. source, author.
3. An electronic device for producing a signal voltage.
4. An apparatus that produces a vapor or gas. + prikaži više