Western culture or Western civilization is a term used to refer to the cultures of the people of European origin and their descendants.
Part of the Hardware glossary: A turbine is a machine that transforms rotational energy from a fluid that is picked up by a rotor system into usable work or energy. Turbines achieve this either through mechanical gearing or electromagnetic induction to produce electricity. Types of turbines include steam turbines, wind turbines, gas turbines or water turbines. Mechanical uses of turbine power go back to ancient Greece.
generator. n. 1. (General Physics) physics. a. any device for converting mechanical energy into electrical energy by electromagnetic induction, esp a large one as in a power station. b. a device for producing a voltage electrostatically. c. any device that converts one form of energy into another form: an acoustic generator.