wind generator

English

Noun

wind generator (plural wind generators)

1. A wind-driven generator, working on the same principle as a wind turbine but usually on a smaller scale, used for example for charging batteries on sailing boats.
   • 2009 October 2, John Vidal, “'Tilting at windmills: the boy who harnessed the wind'”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:

     When Kamkwamba stopped going to school because his family could no longer afford the fees, he went to his local library, read up on his science, found a DIY guide to making a wind generator and set about trying to build it. […]

Synonyms

• wind turbine

Translations

wind-driven generator

Armenian: հողմաշարժիչ (hy) (hoġmašaržičʻ) Danish: vindgenerator c Georgian: ქარის გენერატორი (karis generaṭori) German: Windgenerator (de) m Latvian: vēja ģenerators m Marathi: वातचलित्र जनित्र n (vātaclitra janitra) Norwegian: Bokmål: vindgenerator m Nynorsk: vindgenerator m Polish: turbina wiatrowa f Romanian: generator eolian n Russian: ветроэлектрогенера́тор m (vetroelektrogenerátor), ветря́к (ru) m (vetrják)