dynamo
an electric generator, especially for direct current.
an energetic, hardworking, forceful person.
Origin of dynamo
1Words Nearby dynamo
Other definitions for dynamo- (2 of 2)
variant of dyna-: dynamometer.
- Also dynam-.
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How to use dynamo in a sentence
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.
A lunar magnetic field may have lasted for only a short time | Carolyn Gramling | August 4, 2021 | Science NewsIn his previous life as a superstar with the Lob City Clippers, Griffin was an offensive dynamo.
Blake Griffin Was A Luxury Pickup. Now The Nets Need Him. | Louis Zatzman | June 15, 2021 | FiveThirtyEightOnce 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.
Mars Has Much More Water Than Previously Known—But There's a Catch | Jeffrey Kluger | March 16, 2021 | TimeShe 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.
Amazon’s Turkers Kick Off the First Crowdsourced Labor Guild | Kevin Zawacki | December 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd the chrome-domed 47-year-old has been a sports commentating dynamo from Jump Street.
World Cup Anchor Mike Tirico’s Bizarre History: Reports of Stalking and Sexual Harassment | Marlow Stern | July 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWendi Murdoch, a glamorous dynamo whom I have always found extremely engaging, was the harbinger of this billionaire dating trend.
Tina Brown on Sex, Decorating, and Divorce for Billionaires | Tina Brown | July 8, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTWest 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.
Scattergood Baines | Clarence Budington KellandEverybody but the dynamo-watch lay steeped in sleep; there was no sound.
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Complete | Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)He caught her frail body in his great grasp, and she vibrated like a bit of wire caught up by a dynamo.
Jaffery | William J. LockeI passed the Jefe myself on the City Hall steps, and heard him b-r-r-ring like a dynamo.
The Belted Seas | Arthur ColtonThe motor and dynamo are mounted on a heavy wood base, which in turn is firmly bolted to a concrete foundation.
The Boy Mechanic, Book 2 | Various
British Dictionary definitions for dynamo (1 of 2)
/ (ˈdaɪnəˌməʊ) /
a device for converting mechanical energy into electrical energy, esp one that produces direct current: Compare generator (def. 1)
informal an energetic hard-working person
Origin of dynamo
1British Dictionary definitions for dynamo- (2 of 2)
indicating power: dynamoelectric; dynamite
Origin of dynamo-
2Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Scientific definitions for dynamo
[ dī′nə-mō′ ]
An electric generator, especially one that produces direct current. See more at generator.
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