Generator
Energy
Energy Market
An electrical device used to convert mechanical energy to electrical energy. The generator moves a conductor through a magnetic field and directs the current produced by the induced voltage to an external electric circuit.
- — Guide to Market Oversight Glossary retrieved 2014-06-26
Renewable Energy
A machine used for converting rotating mechanical energy to electrical energy.
- — ODOE Glossary of Energy Terms retrieved 2014-06-15
Nuclear Physics
A cow-a system containing a parent-daughter set of radioisotopes in which the parent decays through a daughter to a stable isotope. The daughter is a different element from that of the parent, and, hence, can be separated from the parent by elution (milking).
- — Glossary of Nuclear Science Terms retrieved 2014-05-20
Water
Machine that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy.