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dynamo

1

[ dahy-nuh-moh ]

noun

, plural dy·na·mos.
  1. an electric generator, especially for direct current.
  2. an energetic, hardworking, forceful person.


dynamo-

2
  1. variant of dyna-:

    dynamometer.

dynamo

1

/ ˈdaɪnəˌməʊ /

noun

  1. a device for converting mechanical energy into electrical energy, esp one that produces direct current Compare generator
  2. informal.
    an energetic hard-working person


dynamo-

2

combining_form

  1. indicating power

    dynamoelectric

    dynamite

dynamo

/ nə-mō′ /

  1. An electric generator, especially one that produces direct current.
  2. See more at generator


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Word History and Origins

Origin of dynamo1

First recorded in 1882; short for dynamoelectric

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Word History and Origins

Origin of dynamo1

C19: short for dynamoelectric machine

Origin of dynamo2

from Greek, from dunamis power

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Example Sentences

Sure, it may not be crazy fast, but this pint-size dynamo is still plenty frisky.

The moon’s core is “really small,” says John Tarduno, a geophysicist at the University of Rochester in New York, and it’s not clear how that core could have sustained a dynamo for long before cooling.

In his previous life as a superstar with the Lob City Clippers, Griffin was an offensive dynamo.

Once a warm, wet world, Mars lost its magnetic field more than 4 billion years ago when its outer core cooled, shutting off the dynamo that kept the field in place.

From Time

She isn’t the dramatic dynamo of the fashion industry’s imagination.

Dynamo is a platform that gives Turkers a collective voice and, consequently, the chance to drive change.

And the chrome-domed 47-year-old has been a sports commentating dynamo from Jump Street.

Wendi Murdoch, a glamorous dynamo whom I have always found extremely engaging, was the harbinger of this billionaire dating trend.

West is a dynamo, a fearsome warrior who quotes classic Greek with a warm, Southern charm.

What hidden dynamo torqued his professional engine with such relentless efficiency?

It was the face of a man who ran his mental dynamo at top speed in defiance of nature's laws against speeding.

Everybody but the dynamo-watch lay steeped in sleep; there was no sound.

He caught her frail body in his great grasp, and she vibrated like a bit of wire caught up by a dynamo.

I passed the Jefe myself on the City Hall steps, and heard him b-r-r-ring like a dynamo.

The motor and dynamo are mounted on a heavy wood base, which in turn is firmly bolted to a concrete foundation.

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