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dynamos

dynamos is the plural of dynamo.

Meaning of dynamo

Noun

dynamo (plural dynamos)

  1. An electricity generator; a dynamo-electric machine.
    • "As usual, it isn't telling the truth about it or you. But your body is. I can feel its vitality like the pulse of a dynamo."1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 176
  2. The mechanism by which a celestial body, such as the Earth or a star, generates a magnetic field.
  3. (figuratively) An energetic person.
    • That new Vice President of Marketing is a real dynamo; sales have already gone up this quarter.

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Questions about dynamos

What is dynamos the plural of?
Dynamos is the plural of dynamo.

Words near dynamos in the dictionary

  1. dynamometers
  2. dynamometric
  3. dynamometrical
  4. dynamometrically
  5. dynamometry
  6. dynamos
  7. dynamoscope
  8. dynamoscopes
  9. dynamothermal
  10. dynamotor
  11. dynamotors

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