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Dynamo
//ˈdaɪnəmoʊ// noun
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Noun
- 1 An electricity generator; a dynamo-electric machine.
""As usual, it isn't telling the truth about it or you. But your body is. I can feel its vitality like the pulse of a dynamo.""
- 2 generator consisting of a coil (the armature) that rotates between the poles of an electromagnet (the field magnet) causing a current to flow in the armature wordnet
- 3 The mechanism by which a celestial body, such as the Earth or a star, generates a magnetic field.
- 4 An energetic person. figuratively
"That new Vice President of Marketing is a real dynamo; sales have already gone up this quarter."
Etymology
A shortening of dynamo-electric machine. The element dynamo- is ultimately from Ancient Greek δύναμις (dúnamis, “power”).
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