dynamo
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nəˌmoʊ noun, plural dy·na·mos.
1.
an electric generator, especially for direct current.
2.
an energetic, hardworking, forceful person.
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World English Dictionary
dynamo (ˈdaɪnəˌməʊ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n , pl -mos | |
| 1. | Compare generator a device for converting mechanical energy into electrical energy, esp one that produces direct current |
| 2. | informal an energetic hard-working person |
| [C19: short for dynamoelectric machine] | |
| dynamo- or (sometimes before a vowel) dynam- | |
| —combining form | |
| indicating power: dynamoelectric; dynamite | |
| [from Greek, from dunamis power] | |
| dynam- or (sometimes before a vowel) dynam- | |
| —combining form | |
| [from Greek, from dunamis power] | |
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Word Origin & History
dynamo
1882, short for Ger. dynamoelektrischemaschine, coined 1867 by its inventor, Ger. electrical engineer Werner Siemans (1816-92), from Gk. dynamis "power."
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Medical Dictionary
dynamo- pref.
force; energy: dynamogenesis.
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American Heritage
Science Dictionary
| dynamo (dī'nə-mō') Pronunciation Key
An electric generator, especially one that produces direct current. See more at generator. |
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Computing Dictionary
DYNAMO definition
DYNamic MOdels. A language for continuous simulation including economic, industrial and social systems, developed by Phyllis Fox and A.L. Pugh in 1959.
Versions include DYNAMO II, DYNAMO II/370, DYNAMO II/F, DYNAMO III and Gaming DYNAMO.
["DYNAMO User's Manual", A.L. Pugh, MIT Press 1976].
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Do not become a dynamo of self-promotion on social media as so many advise.
The alarm increased when partial darkness resulted from repairs to the dynamo which were going on in the cellar.
Power carried by wire from a neighboring electric, switch set the wheels in this dynamo whirring.
The plan was to attach blades to the back axle of a bicycle and generate electricity through a bike dynamo.
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