Usually means: Device converting mechanical energy to electricity.
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General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. alternator: Merriam-Webster
  2. alternator: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. alternator: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. alternator: Collins English Dictionary
  5. alternator: Vocabulary.com
  6. Alternator, alternator: Wordnik
  7. alternator: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Alternator, Alternator: InfoVisual Visual Dictionary
  9. alternator: Wiktionary
  10. alternator: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. alternator: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. alternator: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. alternator: Dictionary.com
  14. Alternator (auto), Alternator (automotive), Alternator: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. alternator: Rhymezone
  16. alternator: FreeDictionary.org
  17. alternator: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. alternator: TheFreeDictionary.com
  19. alternator: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  20. alternator: Merriam-Webster

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  2. alternator: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. alternator: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. alternator: Medical dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. alternator: Urban Dictionary

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. alternator: Electronics
  2. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  3. Glossary of Energy Terms (No longer online)

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noun:  (electrical engineering) An electric generator which produces alternating current through mechanical means.

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