Define motor & generator?

Answer 1

A motor is a device which converts electrical energy into mechanical energy while a generator is a device which converts mechanical energy into electrical energy. Both use the same principle of electrical induction that is when electricity is passed through a conductor there is a magnetic field which is created.

For a motor, this magnetic field is used to rotate the turbine or the blades whatever....while in a generator using fuel, the turbine is rotated and this creates a magnetic field which in turn is used to generate electricity.

Answer 2

A motor–generator (an M–G set or a dynamotor for dynamo–motor) is a device for converting electrical power to another form. Motor–generator sets are used to convert frequency, voltage, or phase of power. They may also be used to isolate electrical loads from the electrical power supply line. Large motor–generators were widely used to convert industrial amounts of power while smaller motor–generators (such as the one shown in the picture) were used to convert battery power to higher DC voltages.

Low-powered devices such as vacuum tube mobile radio receivers did not use motor–generators. Instead, they would typically use an inverter circuit consisting of a vibrator (a self-exciting relay) and a transformer to produce the B+ voltages required for the vacuum tubes.


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Answer 3

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motor - A device which converts fluid power into mechanical force and motion. It usually provides rotary mechanical motion.

generator :A machine that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy. Electricity is produced from magnets whirling inside coils of wire in the generator core.


An electrical generator is a device that produces electrical energy from a mechanical energy source. The process is known as electricity generation

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Define motor & generator?

Answer 5

a motor starts something and a generator generates electricity

Answer 6

GENERATOR-producing electrical energy,MOTOR-a device that changes power into movement

Answer 7

generator: translates rotational kinetic energy to electrical energy
motor: translates electrical energy to rotational kinetic energy