Dynamo
noun
A type of machine that changes mechanical energy into electrical energy.
A motorcycle dynamo is used to power the lights and ignition system.
Often appears as...
- bicycle dynamo
- motorcycle dynamo
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Formal
Technical
noun
Someone who has a lot of energy and enthusiasm.
The new manager is a real dynamo who has re-energized the team.
Often appears as...
- be a real dynamo
- a human dynamo
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Approving
noun
A type of machine that changes mechanical energy into electrical energy.
A motorcycle dynamo is used to power the lights and ignition system.
Often appears as...
- bicycle dynamo
- motorcycle dynamo
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
noun
Someone who has a lot of energy and enthusiasm.
The new manager is a real dynamo who has re-energized the team.
Often appears as...
- be a real dynamo
- a human dynamo
Usage tips
Approving
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Technical Device
Used for machines in engineering, not simple electronics like batteries.
The engineer explained how the dynamo generates electricity.
Pro Tip 2/3Mechanical to Electrical
Emphasizes the conversion of motion into electricity, not other energy forms.
When pedaling, your bicycle dynamo produces lighting power.
Pro Tip 3/3Historical Context
Originally, 'dynamo' meant a specific electric generator design but now can mean any generator.
Historical machines like Edison's dynamo were critical to the electric revolution.
Pro Tip 1/3Technical Device
Used for machines in engineering, not simple electronics like batteries.
The engineer explained how the dynamo generates electricity.
Pro Tip 2/3Mechanical to Electrical
Emphasizes the conversion of motion into electricity, not other energy forms.
When pedaling, your bicycle dynamo produces lighting power.
Pro Tip 3/3Historical Context
Originally, 'dynamo' meant a specific electric generator design but now can mean any generator.
Historical machines like Edison's dynamo were critical to the electric revolution.
Pro Tip 1/3Technical Device
Used for machines in engineering, not simple electronics like batteries.
The engineer explained how the dynamo generates electricity.
Pro Tip 2/3Mechanical to Electrical
Emphasizes the conversion of motion into electricity, not other energy forms.
When pedaling, your bicycle dynamo produces lighting power.
Pro Tip 3/3Historical Context
Originally, 'dynamo' meant a specific electric generator design but now can mean any generator.
Historical machines like Edison's dynamo were critical to the electric revolution.
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Video examples
Can robots be creative?...
Is it something more than a system of interconnected neurons developed by biological algorithmic processes and the random experiences that shape our lives? Order and chaos, machine and human. These are the dynamos at the heart of machine creativity initiatives
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The Northern Lights...
electrically conducting liquid is a dynamo the Dynamo generates a magnetic field and the Earth's field rises up not just to the surface here but out into space forming our protective shield and that what you see there
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Storytellers Summit Day...
in the country I I just wanna I just want to repeat that that one woman a four foot something dynamo takes a just pitches a tent and fast forward five decades later and you just said as one of the best
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William Kamkwamba: How I...
said I was crazy. I found a tractor fan, shock absorber, PVC pipes. Using a bicycle frame and an old bicycle dynamo, I built my machine.
Video examples
Can robots be creative?...
Is it something more than a system of interconnected neurons developed by biological algorithmic processes and the random experiences that shape our lives? Order and chaos, machine and human. These are the dynamos at the heart of machine creativity initiatives
Video examples
The Northern Lights...
electrically conducting liquid is a dynamo the Dynamo generates a magnetic field and the Earth's field rises up not just to the surface here but out into space forming our protective shield and that what you see there
Video examples
Storytellers Summit Day...
in the country I I just wanna I just want to repeat that that one woman a four foot something dynamo takes a just pitches a tent and fast forward five decades later and you just said as one of the best
Video examples
William Kamkwamba: How I...
said I was crazy. I found a tractor fan, shock absorber, PVC pipes. Using a bicycle frame and an old bicycle dynamo, I built my machine.
Example 1 of 4
Quote examples
Garry Hynes
Irish Director
I still get called 'a stick of dynamite' or 'pint-sized dynamo,' stuff like that. Actually, I was too busy to notice there was anything unusual about being a woman director until the early 1980s, when I looked around the professional theater and realized there weren't many of us. You have to make more of a case for yourself than any man.
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Oleg Cassini
American Designer
A healthy mind and body are essential. No excesses. Proper food. The body is like a Rolls-Royce. With care, it could last 200 years. It's a dynamo; the more you use it, the more you recharge it.
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Garry Hynes
Irish Director
I still get called 'a stick of dynamite' or 'pint-sized dynamo,' stuff like that. Actually, I was too busy to notice there was anything unusual about being a woman director until the early 1980s, when I looked around the professional theater and realized there weren't many of us. You have to make more of a case for yourself than any man.
Quote examples
Oleg Cassini
American Designer
A healthy mind and body are essential. No excesses. Proper food. The body is like a Rolls-Royce. With care, it could last 200 years. It's a dynamo; the more you use it, the more you recharge it.
Example 1 of 2
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