dynamic
English
WOTD – 29 May 2007
Alternative forms
- dynamick (obsolete)
Etymology
From French dynamique, from Ancient Greek δυναμικός (dunamikós, “powerful”), from δύναμις (dúnamis, “power”), from δύναμαι (dúnamai, “I am able”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /daɪˈnæ.mɪk/
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Adjective
dynamic (comparative more dynamic, superlative most dynamic)
- Changing; active; in motion.
- The environment is dynamic, changing with the years and the seasons.
- dynamic economy
- Powerful; energetic.
- He was a dynamic and engaging speaker.
- Able to change and adapt.
- (music) Having to do with the volume of sound.
- The dynamic marking in bar 40 is forte.
- (computing) Happening at runtime instead of being predetermined at compile time.
- dynamic allocation
- dynamic IP addresses
- the dynamic resizing of an array
- Pertaining to dynamics, the branch of mechanics concerned with the effects of forces on the motion of objects.
- (grammar) Of a verb: not stative, but fientive; indicating continued or progressive action on the part of the subject.
Derived terms
- acrodynamic
- adynamic
- aerodynamic
- amphidynamic
- aquadynamic
- astrodynamic
- autodynamic
- barodynamic
- biodynamic
- chromodynamic
- dynamical
- dynamically
- dynamic binding
- dynamic cooling
- dynamic dispatch
- Dynamic Duo
- dynamic equilibrium
- dynamic headroom
- dynamic IP address
- dynamic IP addressing
- dynamicist
- dynamicity
- dynamicize
- dynamic language
- dynamic load
- dynamic memory
- dynamic memory allocation
- dynamic permeability
- dynamic proxy
- dynamic random access memory
- dynamic range
- dynamic scale
- dynamic site
- dynamic system
- dynamic typing
- elastodynamic
- elastohydrodynamic
- electrodynamic
- geodynamic
- hadrodynamic
- haemodynamic
- hemodynamic
- histodynamic
- holodynamic
- hydrodynamic
- hyperdynamic
- hypodynamic
- hysterodynamic
- immunodynamic
- isodynamic
- kinodynamic
- macrodynamic
- magnetodynamic
- magnetohydrodynamic
- microdynamic
- monodynamic
- morphodynamic
- nematodynamic
- neurodynamic
- nondynamic
- oligodynamic
- pharmacodynamic
- photodynamic
- phylodynamic
- proterodynamic
- psychodynamic
- rotodynamic
- sonodynamic
- stereodynamic
- teledynamic
- telodynamic
- thermodynamic
- toxicodynamic
- trophodynamic
- undynamic
- urodynamic
Translations
not steady; in motion
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powerful
able to change
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computing: happening at runtime instead of at compile time
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Noun
dynamic (plural dynamics)
- A characteristic or manner of an interaction; a behavior.
- Watch the dynamic between the husband and wife when they disagree.
- (physics) A moving force.
- The study of fluid dynamics quantifies turbulent and laminar flows.
- (music) The varying loudness or volume of a song or the markings that indicate the loudness.
- If you pay attention to the dynamics as you play, it's a very moving piece.
- (music) A symbol in a musical score that indicates the desired level of volume.
- (grammar) A verb that indicates continued or progressive action on the part of the subject.
Synonyms
- (a characteristic or manner of an interaction; a behavior): apparatus, course of action, design, effect, function, functioning, implementation, interchange, interplay, mechanism, method, modus operandi, motif, nature, operation, pattern, process, regimen, workings
Related terms
Translations
a behavior
the varying loudness or volume
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