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Pronunciation:  dI'namik

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WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  an efficient incentive; "they hoped it would act as a spiritual dynamic on all churches"
  2. [adj]  (grammar) expressing action rather than a state of being; used of verbs (e.g. `to run') and participial adjectives (e.g. `running' in `running water')
  3. [adj]  characterized by action or forcefulness or force of personality; "a dynamic market"; "a dynamic speaker"; "the dynamic president of the firm"
  4. [adj]  (physics) of or relating to dynamics
 
 Synonyms: active, can-do, changing, driving, dynamical, energising, energizing, ever-changing, high-energy, high-octane, high-power, high-powered, high-voltage, impulsive, kinetic, moral force, projectile, propellant, propellent, propelling, propulsive, renascent, resurgent, self-propelled, self-propelling, slashing
 
 Antonyms: adynamic, stative, undynamic
 
 See Also: energetic, incentive, inducement, motivator

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Dy*nam"ic\, Dynamical \Dy*nam"ic*al\, a. [Gr. ?
powerful, fr. ? power, fr. ? to be able; cf. L. durus hard,
E. dure: cf. F. dynamique.]
1. Of or pertaining to dynamics; belonging to energy or
   power; characterized by energy or production of force.

         Science, as well as history, has its past to show,
         -- a past indeed, much larger; but its immensity is
         dynamic, not divine.                  --J.
                                               Martineau.

         The vowel is produced by phonetic, not by dynamic,
         causes.                               --J. Peile.

2. Relating to physical forces, effects, or laws; as,
   dynamical geology.

         As natural science has become more dynamic, so has
         history.                              --Prof. Shedd.

{Dynamical electricity}. See under {Electricity}.

 
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