autogenerator

English

Etymology

auto- +‎ generator

Noun

autogenerator (plural autogenerators)

  1. Synonym of autoproducer (“enterprise that produces a resource incidentally to its primary activity”)
  2. A device or mechanism that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy.
    • 1964, D. V. Karetnikov, Linear Ion Accelerators, page 173:
      […] the potential of the synchronizing signal at the autogenerator circuit […]
    • 2022, Zhengbing Hu, ‎Sergey Petoukhov,‎ Matthew He, Advances in Artificial Systems for Medicine and Education V (page 69)
      Let us briefly define the property of systems with self-organized criticality. In the nonlinear dynamics of systems, an example of a SC is an autogenerator with positive feedback, shown in Fig. 3.
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