| generator | medical dictionary |
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. The principal sound or sounds by which others are produced; the fundamental note or root of the common chord.
Synonyms: generating tone.
Origin: L.
(01 Mar 1998)
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