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dy·nam·ic

[dahy-nam-ik] Pronunciation Key

–adjective Also, dy·nam·i·cal.

1.	pertaining to or characterized by energy or effective action; vigorously active or forceful; energetic: the dynamic president of the firm.

Physics.

a.	of or pertaining to force or power.

b.	of or pertaining to force related to motion.

3.	pertaining to the science of dynamics.

4.	of or pertaining to the range of volume of musical sound.

5.	Computers. (of data storage, processing, or programming) affected by the passage of time or the presence or absence of power: Dynamic memory must be constantly refreshed to avoid losing data.

6.	Grammar. nonstative.

–noun

7.	a basic or dynamic force, esp. one that motivates, affects development or stability, etc.

[Origin: 1810–20; < F dynamique < Gk dynamikós, equiv. to dýnam(is) force, power + -ikos -ic

]

—Related forms

dy·nam·i·cal·ly, adverb

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dy·nam·ic (dī-nām'ĭk) Pronunciation Key
adj. also dy·nam·i·cal (-ĭ-kəl)

1. Of or relating to energy or to objects in motion.
2. Of or relating to the study of dynamics.
Characterized by continuous change, activity, or progress: a dynamic market.
Marked by intensity and vigor; forceful. See Synonyms at active.
Of or relating to variation of intensity, as in musical sound.

An interactive system or process, especially one involving competing or conflicting forces: "the story of a malign dynamic between white prejudice and black autonomy" (Edmund S. Morgan).
A force, especially political, social, or psychological: the main dynamic behind the revolution.

[French dynamique, from Greek dunamikos, powerful, from dunamis, power, from dunasthai, to be able; see deu-² in Indo-European roots.]

dy·nam'i·cal·ly adv.

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dynamic

1817, as a term in philosophy; 1827 in the sense "force producing motion," from Fr. dynamique (1762), from Ger. dynamisch, introduced by Leibnitz 1691 from Gk. dynamikos "powerful," from dynamis "power," from dynasthai "be able to have power," of unknown origin. The fig. sense of "active, potent, energetic" is from 1856. Dynamics as a branch of physics was in use from 1788.

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dynamic
adjective
1.	characterized by action or forcefulness or force of personality; "a dynamic market"; "a dynamic speaker"; "the dynamic president of the firm" [ant: adynamic]
2.	of or relating to dynamics
3.	(used of verbs (e.g. 'to run') and participial adjectives (e.g. 'running' in 'running water')) expressing action rather than a state of being [syn: active] [ant: stative]
noun
1.	an efficient incentive; "they hoped it would act as a spiritual dynamic on all churches" [syn: moral force]