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cogenerate

cogenerate verb: to generate two forms of energy simultaneously.

Verb

cogenerate (third-person singular simple present cogenerates, present participle cogenerating, simple past and past participle cogenerated)

  1. To generate two forms of energy simultaneously.
    • Instead of producing thrust, they cogenerate electricity and heat, meeting another goal of the sustainability plan.2007 September 15, Anthony Depalma, “Building Codes Lag Behind Mayor’s Vision”, in New York Times

Forms of cogenerate

third-person singular presentcogenerates
present participlecogenerating
past participlecogenerated
pastcogenerated

Origin of cogenerate

From co- + generate (backformation from cogeneration).

Questions about cogenerate

What does cogenerate mean?
Cogenerate means to generate two forms of energy simultaneously.
What part of speech is cogenerate?
Cogenerate is a verb.
What is the past tense of cogenerate?
The past tense of cogenerate is cogenerated.

Words near cogenerate in the dictionary

  1. cogences
  2. cogencies
  3. cogency
  4. cogender
  5. cogener
  6. cogenerate
  7. cogenerated
  8. cogenerates
  9. cogenerating
  10. cogeneration
  11. cogenerations

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