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Definition: Alternator |
AlternatorNoun1. An old term for an electric generator that produces alternating current (especially in automobiles). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Electrical Engineering | A generator of alternating electric power. Source: European Union. (references) |
Energy | A generator producing alternating current by the rotation of its rotor, and which is powered by a primary mover. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Alternators are simpler, more reliable, and more efficient than direct current generators. Some direct current power supplies that appear to be direct current generators are actually alternators with inbuilt rectifiers.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Alternator."
Crosswords: Alternator |
| Specialty definitions using "alternator": angle of deviation between 2 e.m.f.'s, angle of deviation between two e.m.f.'s, AUTOMOBILE-SERVICE-STATION MECHANIC ♦ salient pole alternator, slip rings, STEREO-PLOTTER OPERATOR ♦ water turbine, WIND-GENERATING-ELECTRIC-POWER INSTALLER. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Alternator" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Romanian (alternator), Serbo-Croatian (alternator). |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Alternator" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Alternator" is used about 61 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 61 | 43,149 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "alternator": polyphase alternator ♦ salient pole alternator ♦ three phase alternator. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "alternator": turbo-alternator. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
alternator | 792 | one wire alternator | 20 |
high output alternator | 76 | alternator diagram wiring | 20 |
car alternator | 53 | gm alternator | 18 |
bosch alternator | 39 | alternator replace | 17 |
alternator wiring | 39 | honda alternator | 17 |
marine alternator | 36 | alternator rebuild kit | 17 |
permanent magnet alternator | 35 | alternator belt | 16 |
rebuilt alternator | 34 | alternator tester | 16 |
alternator repair | 32 | alternator and generator | 15 |
high amp alternator | 30 | automotive alternator | 15 |
alternator bracket | 29 | stinger alternator | 15 |
alternator troubleshooting | 28 | high performance alternator | 15 |
ford alternator | 27 | chevy alternator | 15 |
powermaster alternator | 27 | alternator change | 15 |
alternator problem | 24 | motorcycle alternator | 15 |
delco alternator | 24 | toyota alternator | 15 |
alternator test | 23 | chrome alternator | 14 |
alternator part | 22 | alternator green mean | 14 |
starter alternator | 22 | 200 amp alternator | 14 |
alternator testing | 21 | remanufactured alternator | 14 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "alternator"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | gjenerator i korentit të alternuar. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مولد التيار البديل, المردد. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | алтернатор. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 交流发"机. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | alternátor. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | alternator (AC generator, alternating current generator), AC-generator (AC generator, alternating current generator), vekselstroems generator (AC generator, alternating current generator). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | wisselstroomgenerator (AC generator, alternating current generator), wisselstroomdynamo (AC generator, alternating current generator), ompoler (AC generator, alternating current generator), draaistroomgenerator (AC generator, alternating current generator). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | متناوب ساز. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | vaihtojännitegeneraattori (AC generator, alternating current generator). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | alternateur (alternate, alternating current generator). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Wechselstromgenerator (AC generator, alternating current generator). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | γεννήτρια εναλασσομένου ρεύματος (AC generator, alternating current generator), εναλλάκτησ, εναλλάκτης (AC generator, alternating current generator), εναλλακτήρασ (converter), εναλλακτήρας (AC generator, alternating current generator). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מחולל זרם חליפין, אלטר טור. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | váltakozó áramú generátor. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | alternatore (AC generator, alternating current generator). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 발 기 (generator). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | alterneyr. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | alternatoray alternador (AC generator, alternating current generator). (various references) alternator. (various references) генератор (generator, oscillator, producer, spawner), альтернатор. (various references) alternator, generator naizmenične struje. (various references) alternador (AC generator, alternating current generator). (various references) växelströmsgenerator. (various references) alternatör. (various references) генератор змінного струму. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "alternator": alternators. (additional references) | |
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"Alternator" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: altenator, alternatim. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "alternator" (pronounced ô"lternā'ter) |
| 4 | -n ā' t er | coordinator, denominator, detonator, exterminator, illuminator, originator, Terminator. |
| 3 | -ā' t er | accelerator, accumulator, activator, actuator, administrator, agitator, alligator, allocator, animator, applicator, appropriator, arbitrator, aviator, calculator, carburetor, cogenerator, collaborator, commentator, communicator, conciliator, consolidator, decorator, defibrillator, demonstrator, educator, elevator, escalator, evaporator, excavator, fabricator, facilitator, generator, gladiator, illustrator, imitator, incinerator, incubator, indicator, infiltrator, innovator, instigator, insulator, integrator, interrogator, investigator, irrigator, legislator, liquidator, litigator, locator, manipulator, mediator, Moderator, modulator, navigator, negotiator, operator, oscillator, percolator, perpetrator, radiator, refrigerator, regulator, renovator, respirator, simulator, speculator, stimulator, syndicator, ventilator, violator. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-e-l-n-o-r-r-t-t" | |
-2 letters: alterant, tarletan, tolerant. | |
-3 letters: aerator, areolar, arnatto, narrate, rattler, realtor, relator, tetanal, torrent. | |
-4 letters: anatto, antler, antral, aortae, aortal, areola, arrant, atonal, atoner, attorn, errant, errata, etalon, lanate, latent, latten, latter, learnt, loaner, natter, notate, ornate, ranter, rattan, ratten, ratter, rattle, ratton, reloan, rental, retorn, retort, retral, rotate, rotten, rotter, talent, tantra, tarnal. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-e-l-n-o-r-r-t-t" | |
+1 letter: alternators. | |
+2 letters: trochanteral. | |
+3 letters: contralateral, retranslation, transportable, ventrolateral. | |
+4 letters: antiregulatory, perturbational, protoplanetary, retranslations. | |
+5 letters: autocorrelation, enterobacterial, interrogational, intraperitoneal, irrationalities, malpractitioner, orchestrational, transliteration, ultramarathoner. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 6C 74 65 72 6E 61 74 6F 72 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- .-.. - . .-. -. .- - --- .-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01101100 01110100 01100101 01110010 01101110 01100001 01110100 01101111 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A l t e r n a t o r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 006C 0074 0065 0072 006E 0061 0074 006F 0072 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)35788671848067868184 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Images: Slideshow | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Derivations 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Orthography | 13. Bibliography |
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