generator
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an apparatus that produces a vapor or gas
Types & categories
- setup hypernym
Sense 2 noun
engine that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy by electromagnetic induction
Types & categories
- engine hypernym
- alternator hyponym
- dynamo hyponym
- magneto hyponym
- turbogenerator hyponym
- aerogenerator hyponym
Parts & wholes
Related & opposite
- generate derivation
Sense 3 noun
someone who originates or causes or initiates something
he was the generator of several complaints
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- authorship derivation
- generate derivation
- authorial derivation
Sense 4 noun
an electronic device for producing a signal voltage
Types & categories
- electronic device hypernym
- oscillator hyponym
- pulse generator hyponym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | setup |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | generate |
| 2 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | brush |
| 2 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | rotor |
| 2 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | stator |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | engine |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | alternator |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | dynamo |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | magneto |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | turbogenerator |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | aerogenerator |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | authorship |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | generate |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | authorial |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | shaper |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | coiner |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | electronic device |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | oscillator |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | pulse generator |