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dynamic
 
SYLLABICATION:dy·nam·ic
PRONUNCIATION:  d-nmk
ADJECTIVE:also dy·nam·i·cal (--kl) 1a. Of or relating to energy or to objects in motion. b. Of or relating to the study of dynamics. 2. Characterized by continuous change, activity, or progress: a dynamic market. 3. Marked by intensity and vigor; forceful. See synonyms at active. 4. Of or relating to variation of intensity, as in musical sound.
NOUN:1. An interactive system or process, especially one involving competing or conflicting forces: “the story of a malign dynamic between white prejudice and black autonomy” (Edmund S. Morgan). 2. A force, especially political, social, or psychological: the main dynamic behind the revolution.
ETYMOLOGY:French dynamique, from Greek dunamikos, powerful, from dunamis, power, from dunasthai, to be able. See deu-2 in Appendix I.
OTHER FORMS:dy·nami·cal·ly —ADVERB
 
 
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