"dynamo" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈdaɪnəmoʊ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dynamo.wav Forms: dynamos [plural]
Etymology: A shortening of dynamo-electric machine. The element dynamo- is ultimately from Ancient Greek δύναμις (dúnamis, “power”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*dewh₂-}}, {{uder|en|grc|δύναμις||power}} Ancient Greek δύναμις (dúnamis, “power”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} dynamo (plural dynamos)
  1. (electromagnetism) An electricity generator; a dynamo-electric machine. Categories (topical): Electromagnetism, Energy, People, Technology Translations (dynamo-electric machine): dinamo (Albanian), دِينَامُو (dināmū) [masculine] (Arabic), դինամոմեքենա (dinamomekʻena) (Armenian), 發電機 (Chinese Mandarin), 发电机 (fādiànjī) (Chinese Mandarin), dynamo [common-gender] (Danish), dynamo (Dutch), dinamo (Esperanto), tasavirtageneraattori (Finnish), dynamo (Finnish), dynamo [masculine] (French), dínamo [masculine] (Galician), Dynamo [masculine] (German), δυναμό (dynamó) [masculine] (Greek), dinamó (Hungarian), dinamógép (Hungarian), dinamo (Ido), dinamo (Indonesian), dinamo (Italian), ダイナモ (dainamo) (Japanese), 発電機 (hatsudenki) (alt: はつでんき) (Japanese), 발전기 (baljeon'gi) (alt: 發電機) (Korean), penjana (Malay), mīhini-huri-hiko (Maori), dynnamo [masculine] (Norman), dynamo [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), dynamo [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), dynamo [neuter] (Polish), prądnica prądu stałego [feminine] (Polish), dínamo [masculine] (Portuguese), дина́мо (dinámo) [neuter] (Russian), дина́мо-маши́на (dinámo-mašína) [feminine] (Russian), динамо [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), dinamo [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), dínamo [masculine] (Spanish), dynamo [common-gender] (Swedish), likhitab (Tagalog), ไดนาโม (Thai), máy phát điện (Vietnamese)
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  2. (astrophysics) The mechanism by which a celestial body, such as the Earth or a star, generates a magnetic field. Categories (topical): Astrophysics
    Sense id: en-dynamo-en-noun-GvBhY0lE Topics: astrophysics
  3. (figuratively) An energetic person. Tags: figuratively Translations (an energetic person): dynamo [common-gender] (Danish), energibundt [neuter] (Danish), Energiebündel [neuter] (German), энерги́чный челове́к (energíčnyj čelovék) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-dynamo-en-noun-haZado7P Disambiguation of 'an energetic person': 8 1 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: dynamo theory, dynamo torch, dynostarter, geodynamo Related terms: dynamics

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