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Plural of generator

regular plural

The plural of generator is generators.

Forms of generator

Singulargenerator /ˈdʒɛnəɹeɪtə(ɹ)/
Pluralgenerators
Countablecountable

Generators in a sentence

  • Some generator sets were removed, and motor generators installed for standby lighting and other services.1958 August, T. S. Lascelles, “Diamond Jubilee of the Waterloo & City Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 523
  • The loading on the generators peaks during the early evening.From the entry loading
  • A finitely presented module is an A-module M given by a finite number of generators and relations.2015, Henri Lombardi, Claude Quitté, Commutative Algebra: Constructive Methods: Finite Projective Modules, Springer, →ISBN, page 173. From the entry syzygy
  • When using random-number generators, be aware of whether they provide samples with replacement or samples without replacement.2008, Neil A. Weiss, “[The Nature of Statistics] Simple Random Sampling”, in Introductory Statistics (A Custom Edition for Rio Salado…. From the entry random-number generator
  • Take out your ire on the unneighborly generators of noises that unsoothe the nerves.1952, Gayelord Hauser, Be Happier, Be Healthier, page 142. From the entry unsoothe

Meaning of generator

  1. noun An apparatus in which vapour or gas is formed from a liquid or solid by means of heat or chemical process, as a steam boiler, gas retort etc.
  2. noun The principal sound or sounds by which others are produced; the fundamental note or root of the common chord; -- see also generating tone.
  3. noun An interval that is repeatedly stacked to obtain other pitches in tuning systems or scales.

Full definition of generator

Questions about the plural of generator

What is the plural of generator?
The plural of generator is generators.
Is generator countable?
Generator is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: generator (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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