Dynamic

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dynamic \Dy*nam"ic\, Dynamical \Dy*nam"ic*al\, a. [Gr. ?
     powerful, fr. ? power, fr. ? to be able; cf. L. durus hard,
     E. dure: cf. F. dynamique.]
     1. Of or pertaining to dynamics; belonging to energy or
        power; characterized by energy or production of force.
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              Science, as well as history, has its past to show,
              -- a past indeed, much larger; but its immensity is
              dynamic, not divine.                  --J.
                                                    Martineau.
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              The vowel is produced by phonetic, not by dynamic,
              causes.                               --J. Peile.
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     2. Relating to physical forces, effects, or laws; as,
        dynamical geology.
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              As natural science has become more dynamic, so has
              history.                              --Prof. Shedd.
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     {Dynamical electricity}. See under {Electricity}.
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     Note: WordNet lists a number of narrower terms for dynamic
           and

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  dynamic
       adj 1: characterized by action or forcefulness or force of
              personality; "a dynamic market"; "a dynamic speaker";
              "the dynamic president of the firm" [syn: {dynamical}]
              [ant: {undynamic}]
       2: of or relating to dynamics
       3: expressing action rather than a state of being; used of
          verbs (e.g. `to run') and participial adjectives (e.g.
          `running' in `running water') [syn: {active}] [ant: {stative}]
       n : an efficient incentive; "they hoped it would act as a
           spiritual dynamic on all churches" [syn: {moral force}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  96 Moby Thesaurus words for "dynamic":
     activating, active, acute, adventuresome, adventurous, aggressive,
     alive, ambitious, animated, armipotent, authoritative, brisk,
     cogent, driving, dynamical, eager, effective, electric,
     electrodynamic, emphatic, energetic, energizing, enterprising,
     enthusiastic, forceful, forcible, full of pep, functioning,
     geodynamic, go-ahead, go-go, hearty, high-potency, high-powered,
     high-pressure, high-tension, hustling, impetuous, in force,
     in power, incisive, intense, irresistible, keen, kinematic,
     kinetic, live, lively, living, lusty, mettlesome, mighty,
     mighty in battle, operative, peppy, potent, powerful, prepotent,
     puissant, pushful, pushing, pushy, radiodynamic, red-blooded,
     robust, ruling, running, smacking, snappy, spanking, spirited,
     spry, strenuous, striking, strong, take-charge, take-over, telling,
     trenchant, up-and-coming, valid, vehement, venturesome, venturous,
     vibrant, vigorous, violent, vital, vitalizing, vivacious, vivid,
     working, zealous, zestful, zesty, zippy