Dictionary entry

Dynamic

Webster's Dictionary 1913

{ Dy‐nam″ic (?), 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.

Science, as well as history, has its past to show, — a past indeed, much larger; but its immensity is dynamic, not divine. J. Martineau.

The vowel is produced by phonetic, not by dynamic, causes. J. Peile.

2. Relating to physical forces, effects, or laws; as, dynamical geology.

As natural science has become more dynamic, so has history. Prof. Shedd.

Dynamical electricity. See under Electricity.