generator (redirected from pattern generator)

generator /gen·er·a·tor/ (jen´er-a?-tor)

1. something that produces or causes to exist.

2. a machine that converts mechanical to electrical energy.

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pattern generator  a network of neurons that produces a stereotyped form of complex movement, such as chewing or ambulation, that is almost invariable from one performance to the next.

pulse generator  the power source for a cardiac pacemaker system, usually powered by a lithium battery, supplying impulses to the implanted electrodes, either at a fixed rate or in some programmed pattern.

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gen·er·a·tor (jn-rtr)

n.

One that generates, especially a machine that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy.

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generator,

n one who, or that which, begets, causes, or produces.

generator, electric,

n a device that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy.

generator, radiographic,

n a device that converts electrical energy into electromagnetic energy (photons).

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generator

something that produces or causes to exist; a machine that converts mechanical to electrical energy.

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pulse generator

the power source for a cardiac pacemaker system, usually powered by a lithium battery, supplying impulses to the implanted electrodes, either at a fixed rate or in a programmed pattern.