A piece of apparatus, equipment, etc, to convert or change energy from one form to another.
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.
One of the lines of a ruled surface; more generally, an element of some family of linear spaces.
A subordinate piece of code which, given some initial parameters, will generate multiple output values on request.
The principal sound or sounds by which others are produced; the fundamental note or root of the common chord; -- see also generating tone.
Especially, a machine that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy.
An element of a group that is used in the presentation of the group: one of the elements from which the others can be inferred with the given relators.
A hand-held device designed to be waved back and forth in order to induce airflow for the purpose of cooling the user.