generator vs sire

generator

noun
  • 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. 

  • A piece of apparatus, equipment, etc, to convert or change energy from one form to another. 

  • 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. 

sire

verb
  • to father; to beget. 

noun
  • A male animal that has fathered a particular offspring (especially used of domestic animals and/or in biological research). 

  • A lord, master, or other person in authority, most commonly used vocatively: formerly in speaking to elders and superiors, later only when addressing a sovereign. 

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