Meanings
nounaerogenerator (plural aerogenerators)
plural aerogenerators
- datedA generator powered by wind, a wind turbine.
Modern wind machines convert the mechanical energy and are now called aerogenerators.
1981, Nigel Dudley, Conservation: Energy, Ladybird1 more example
Aerogenerators or wind turbines are modern versions of windmills, making electricity from the energy in moving air.
1999, Ian Graham, Barbara Taylor, John Farndon, Chris Oxlade, Science Encyclopedia, Parragon
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Translations
Portuguese aerogerador
- aerogeradorgenerator powered by wind
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