genset

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noun

An internal combustion engine equipped with an electric generator, such as an industrial unit, a farmstead unit, or a range-extender trailer extending the range of battery-powered electric vehicles.

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Meanings

noungenset (plural gensets)

plural gensets

  1. An internal combustion engine equipped with an electric generator, such as an industrial unit, a farmstead unit, or a range-extender trailer extending the range of battery-powered electric vehicles.

    Battery prototype unit 230002 has been made into a three-car hybrid unit with the insertion of a centre vehicle housing four diesel gensets.

    2019 October, “Marston Vale '230s' struggle”, in Modern Railways, page 88

Origin

Short for generator set.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Genestsenget
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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