<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a machine that converts one form of energy into another, especially mechanical energy into electrical energy, as a dynamo, or electrical energy into sound, as an acoustic generator.</li><li>a person or thing that generates.</li><li>an apparatus for producing a gas or vapor (Chemistry).</li><li>an element or one of a set of elements from which a specified mathematical object can be formed by applying certain operations (Mathematics).</li><li>an element, as a line, that generates a figure.</li><li>a program that produces a particular type of output on demand, as random numbers, an application program, or a report (Computers).</li></ul>