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Definition of Dynamic
1. Adjective. Characterized by action or forcefulness or force of personality. "The dynamic president of the firm"
Similar to: Can-do, Changing, Ever-changing, Driving, Impulsive, Energising, Energizing, Kinetic, High-energy, High-octane, High-power, High-powered, High-voltage, Projectile, Propellant, Propellent, Propelling, Propulsive, Self-propelled, Self-propelling, Slashing
Also: Energetic
Antonyms: Undynamic
Derivative terms: Dynamism, Dynamism
2. Noun. An efficient incentive. "They hoped it would act as a spiritual dynamic on all churches"
3. Adjective. Of or relating to dynamics.
4. Adjective. (used of verbs (e.g. 'to run') and participial adjectives (e.g. 'running' in 'running water')) expressing action rather than a state of being.
Definition of Dynamic
1. a. Of or pertaining to dynamics; belonging to energy or power; characterized by energy or production of force.
Definition of Dynamic
1. Adjective. Changeable; active; in motion usually as the result of an external force. ¹
2. Adjective. Powerful ¹
3. Adjective. Able to change and to adapt ¹
4. Adjective. (music) Having to do with the volume of sound. ¹
5. Adjective. (computing) happening at runtime instead of at compile time or predetermined ¹
6. Adjective. pertaining to dynamics ¹
7. Noun. A characteristic or manner of an interaction; a behavior. ¹
8. Noun. (music) The varying loudness or volume of a song or the markings that indicate the loudness. ¹
9. Noun. (music) A symbol in a musical score that indicates the desired level of volume. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dynamic
1. a physical force [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dynamic
Literary usage of Dynamic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Treatise on Hydraulics by Mansfield Merriman, Thaddeus Merriman (1916)
"The dynamic pressure exerted by a stream flowing with a given velocity against a
... The dynamic pressure exerted upon a moving body by a flowing stream ..."
2. Publication of the American Sociological Society by American Sociological Society Meeting (1907)
"THE FINE ARTS AS A dynamic FACTOR IN SOCIETY MRS. J. ODENWALD-UNGER Wisconsin
Before beginning my subject proper I must explain the term "dynamic" as used ..."
3. Report of the Annual Meeting (1871)
"Ho proceeded, in conclusion, to consider one or two of the experiments on which
the dynamic hypothesis was based, and showed that they were in no way ..."
4. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1910)
"Turning to the functional and dynamic conceptions allows us to remain true to
... The dynamic conception which I shall present in this lecture is not new in ..."
5. Modern Music and Musicians by Louis Charles Elson (1918)
"The dynamic element is lost sight of ; yet it is this very element which most
directly ... I repeat it, the dynamic element in music is the one which alone ..."
6. Journal by Institution of Electrical Engineers Radio Section (1874)
"Ampère has explained electro-dynamic phenomena by means of an elementary law,
which rests upon the consideration of three cases of equilibrium. ..."
7. The Journal of General Physiology by Society of General Physiologists, Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1920)
"In a previous paper,11 have shown that the ampullae alone, without the otoliths,
suffice for all the dynamic functions of equilibrium of the ear, ..."
8. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"These may all be called dynamic, or power, fliers. Through disaster after disaster
and grievous hardships, Count Zeppelin pushed his work from 1900 to 1910, ..."
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