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Electric generator
In
electricity generation
, a generator is a device that converts
mechanical energy
to
electrical energy
for use in an external
circuit
. The source of mechanical energy may vary widely from a hand
crank
to an
internal combustion engine
. Generators provide nearly all of the power for
electric power grids
.
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