dynamo

POS

Noun

HYPHEN

dy=na=mo

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun dynamo has 1 sense

dynamo(n = noun.artifact) Array - 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; Array

has parts:

field magnet

is a kind of generator

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

dynamo, n. (pl. -os)
1 a machine converting mechanical into electrical energy, esp. by rotating coils of copper wire in a magnetic field.
2 colloq. an energetic person.

Etymology

abbr. of dynamo-electric machine f. Gk dunamis power, force

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