The Collaborative International Dictionary
Regenerator \Re*gen"er*a`tor\ (-?`t?r), n.
One who, or that which, regenerates.
(Mech.) A device used in connection with hot-air engines, gas-burning furnaces, etc., in which the incoming air or gas is heated by being brought into contact with masses of iron, brick, etc., which have been previously heated by the outgoing, or escaping, hot air or gas.
Wiktionary
n. 1 One who, or that which, regenerates. 2 (context engineering English) A device used in connection with hot-air engines, gas-burning furnaces, etc., in which the incoming air or gas is heated by being brought into contact with masses of iron, brick, etc., which have been previously heated by the outgoing, or escaping, hot air or gas.
Wikipedia
Regenerator may refer to:
- Regenerative heat exchanger, a type of heat exchanger
- Regenerator (band), an independent record label set up in 2001
- Regenerator (Resident Evil), a 2005 creature in the Resident Evil 4 video game
- Regenerator – Live 1982, a UFO album
- Regenerator (EP), an EP by Autopilot Off
- Regenerator Telecommunication, a type of line repeater that includes a retiming function
Regenerator is the third EP by the punk band Autopilot Off. It was the band's second release on Island Records after the release of their self-titled EP and before the release of their major label debut Make a Sound in 2004. The EP consists entirely of covers, and was released as a very limited edition - as such, it is now extremely rare.
A regenerator in a telecommunications context is a type of repeater that is used in copper line or optical fibre line transmission systems. The regeneration function involved also appears in other types of systems, e.g. computer networking systems.
A digital signal travelling a significant distance will become weaker and distorted and require periodic help to continue its journey successfully.
A simple amplifier will only increase the amplitude of the signal and will not correct the distortion of the waveform shape.
A threshold detector can be used to correct the amplitude levels although the exact time that the transition occurs may not be in the right place. This timing inaccuracy is referred to as jitter.
A regenerator includes circuitry to recover the clock timing information, which is then used to determine when the output signal switches its state. This ensures that the recovered data from the threshold detector is adjusted to provide the correctly timed signal output.
Usage examples of "regenerator".
She looked back at Lense as the doctor finished and put away the regenerator.
Em replied, and began to run the dermal regenerator over the injured flesh while Lense continued.
The addition of two hydrologists, two tissue regenerators, and a hundred kilograms of dog food meant the antigrav thrusters were already at maximum lift capacity and could no longer compensate for changes in atmospheric pressure.
The hydrologists had traded places, making the tissue regenerator buzz in alarm all over again.
Underneath the light of the damped slow-glass, I stripped off my jumpsuit, peeled off the pressure dressing, and collapsed under the regenerator.