cogenerator

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noun

A combined heating plant and power generator.

OriginEnglish generator ← Latin co- ← Proto-Italic *kom- →
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Meanings

nouncogenerator (plural cogenerators)

plural cogenerators

  1. A combined heating plant and power generator.

    Its cogenerator at One Bryant Park, a glassy 54-story skyscraper rising at the corner of 42nd Street and the Avenue of the Americas, is scheduled to come online this summer.

    2009 February 25, Alec Appelbaum, “Towers in Manhattan Gather Heat for Power”, in New York Times

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Latincon-
  6. Latinco-
  7. Englishco-
  8. Englishgenerator
  9. Englishcogenerator

From co- + generator.

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APA

cogenerator. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cogenerator

MLA

“cogenerator.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cogenerator. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cogenerator,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cogenerator.

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