dynamic : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: dynamic	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for dynamic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dynamic adj characterized by action or forcefulness or force of personality; "a dynamic market"; "a dynamic speaker"; "the dynamic president of the firm" Synonym(s): dynamic, dynamical Antonym(s): adynamic, undynamic of or relating to dynamics (used of verbs (e.g. `to run') and participial adjectives (e.g. `running' in `running water')) expressing action rather than a state of being Synonym(s): active, dynamic Antonym(s): stative n an efficient incentive; "they hoped it would act as a spiritual dynamic on all churches" Synonym(s): moral force, dynamic
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dynamic \Dynam"ic\, Dynamical \Dynam"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}.