発電機 — meaning in English

English meaning

• dynamo noun A machine that converts mechanical motion into electrical current.
• generator noun A machine that converts mechanical energy or fuel into electricity.

Senses

発電機 is used for these senses in English:

• dynamo (electromagnetism) An electricity generator; a dynamo-electric machine.
• generator Especially, a machine that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy.

dynamo — full definition

1. noun A machine that converts mechanical motion into electrical current.
2. noun An extremely energetic and productive person.

generator — full definition

1. noun A machine that converts mechanical energy or fuel into electricity.
2. noun A person or thing that produces or causes something.
3. noun (computing) A piece of code or a tool that automatically produces output, such as random data or content, from given inputs.

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