Dynamo

Definition: Dynamo

Dynamo

Noun

1. 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.

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Date "dynamo" was first used: 1882. (references)

Computing

Dream Interpretation

Electrical Engineering

Energy

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

DYNAMO

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Crosswords: Dynamo

Czech (dynamo, magneto), French (dynamo, generator), German (dynamo, generator, powerhouse), Manx (dynamo), Swedish (dynamo, generator).

I'm all love, a dynamo (Lovin' Every Minute Of It; performing artist: Loverboy)

Texas Dynamo (1950)

The Adventures of Dynamo Duck (1993)

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References

• Dynamo Retail Ltd.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• Dynamo (reference)

• Dynamo and Virgin Reconsidered: Machina Ex Deo (reference)

• Passovotchka: Moscow Dynamo in Britain 1945 (reference)

• Riverside: Dynamo Rouge (reference)

• Topics in Geophysical Fluid Dynamics: Atmospheric Dynamics, Dynamo Theory, and Climate Dynamics (Applied Mathematical Sciences, 60) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Fates Warning: Live at the Dynamo (reference)

• Dynamo (reference)

• The Invincible Iron Man - The Death of Tony Stark & The Crimson Dynamo (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Angel and the Dark River/Live at the Dynamo '95 (reference)

• Dynamo (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• 1.3GB Dynamo Optical Drive with media 512k Mdf3130ee Firewire (reference)

• Dynamo 1300szi SCSI Internal 1.3GB Mo Removable St (reference)

• Fujitsu 230MB Optical Media 5Pk For Dynamo PC M2512 (Cg01000-356401) (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

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Caption: Drawing: Dynamo Room, Pearl Street Station; New York, NY; 1882; {15.001/70} (jpg).

Caption: Edison Dynamo, Long-Waisted "Mary Ann"; 1879; {15.400/10} (jpg).

U.S.S. Massachusetts, dynamo room. Credit: Library of Congress.

U.S.S. Oregon switchboard in dynamo room. Credit: Library of Congress.

Dynamo room with switchboard. Credit: Library of Congress.

Detail of a switchboard in a dynamo room. Credit: Library of Congress.

Sheffield Car Co., engine & dynamo, and boiler room. Credit: Library of Congress.

View of the "Dynamo" Stadium at the time of the competition. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Economic History

Taiwan

Taiwan is well known as an industrial dynamo that has been racking up export successes for over twenty years. (references)

Taiwan

What is less well known is the fact that this dynamo has produced a domestic consumer market that is now booming. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "dynamo": he's a real dynamo ♦ human dynamo ♦ series dynamo ♦ shunt dynamo. Additional references.

Beginning with "dynamo": dynamo-electric, dynamo-operated.

Albanian

dinamo, person tepër energjik, gjenerator (generator, producer). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مولد كهربائي (generator), ‏الدنام المولد, ‏شخص سديد الفاعلية, ‏دينامو مولد كهربائي (generator). (various references)

Bulgarian 

динамогенертор, динамо. (various references)

Chinese 

發電機 , 发�"�机. (various references)

Czech

dynamo (magneto). (various references)

Danish

Dynamo (direct current generator, dynamo-electric machine), DC-generator (direct current generator), jævnstrømsgenerator (direct current generator, dynamo-electric machine). (various references)

Dutch

Dynamo (direct current generator, electric generator, generator), gelijkstroomgenerator (direct current generator). (various references)

Finnish

Dynamo, tasasähkögeneraattori (d.c.generator, direct current generator). (various references)

French

dynamo (dynamo-electric machine). (various references)

German

Gleichstromerzeuger, Dynamo (generator, powerhouse). (various references)

Greek 

δυναμό (d.c.generator, direct current generator, dynamo-electric machine). (various references)

Hebrew 

מכו� ת �"י� מו. (various references)

Hungarian

dinamó. (various references)

Indonesian

dinamo. (various references)

Italian

dinamo (generator). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

発電機 (power generator). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

はつで�"き (power generator). (various references)

Korean 

다이너모. (various references)

Manx

dynamo. (various references)

Pig Latin

ynamoday

Portuguese

dínamo (balancer, boost, generator). (various references)

Romanian

dinam. (various references)

Russian 

динамо-машина. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

generator (generator, generatrix). (various references)

Spanish

dinamo (d.c.generator, direct current generator, dynamo-electric machine), dínamo. (various references)

Swedish

Dynamo (generator), likströmsgenerator (d.c.generator, direct current generator, dynamo-electric machine). (various references)

Thai

เครื่องผลิตกระแสไฟ, ผู้ที่มีความกระตือรือร้น. (various references)

Turkish

dinamo (generator, power plant, power unit, powerhouse), enerjik kimse. (various references)

Ukrainian

генератор (generator), динамо-машина. (various references)

dynamis. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "dynamo": dynamometer, dynamometers, dynamometric, dynamometries, dynamometry, dynamos, dynamotor, dynamotors. (additional references)

Words containing "dynamo": electrodynamometer, electrodynamometers, tetradynamous. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Dynamo" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: dinamo, doniambo, dunams, dyna, dynacomp, dynam, dynami, Dynamix, dynamoed, Dynan, Dynema, Dynham, Dynorod, dysnomia, Hynafol, tinamou. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: anomy, monad, nomad.

-2 letters: damn, dona, mano, many, mayo, moan, mony, myna, noma, yond.

-3 letters: ado, and, any, dam, day, dom, don, mad, man, may, moa, mod, mon, nam, nay, nod, nom, yam, yod, yom, yon.

-4 letters: ad, am, an, ay, do, ma, mo, my, na, no, od, om, on, oy, ya, yo.

+1 letter: dynamos.

+2 letters: dormancy, endogamy, manyfold, monandry, mordancy, randomly.

+3 letters: condyloma, damnatory, dynamotor, mandatory, mordantly.

+4 letters: admonitory, amendatory, biodynamic, commandery, condylomas, daunomycin, disharmony, dominantly, doomsaying, dynamotors, handsomely, hydromancy, manifoldly.

+5 letters: abdominally, aerodynamic, commendably, condylomata, daunomycins, demonically, documentary, doomsayings, dynamometer, dynamometry, embryonated, gonadectomy, hemodynamic, indomitably, mandatorily, monodically, rhabdomancy.