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it depends on the design whether the generator produces AC or DC

generally reffered AC--- Alternator DC----- generator

to produce AC supply a simple design change in generator (DC) will do it

in the place of split rings/ commutators (as in DC generators) place a slip rings it'l produce AC

coz there wont be any change in polarinty even though armature rotates as output conductors stick to the same slip ring throuh carbon brushes and produces a polarity change called ac

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Modern generators are 'alternators', that is a.c. generators. Vehicle alternators, for example, are three-phase a.c. machines whose output is converted to d.c. using semiconductor devices called 'rectifiers'.

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