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DYNAMIC
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An efficient incentive
Example:
they hoped it would act as a spiritual dynamic on all churches
Synonyms:
dynamic; moral force
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("dynamic" is a kind of...):
incentive; inducement; motivator (a positive motivational influence)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(used of verbs (e.g. 'to run') and participial adjectives (e.g. 'running' in 'running water')) expressing action rather than a state of being
Synonyms:
active; dynamic
Classified under:
Domain category:
grammar (the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics))
Sense 2
Meaning:
Characterized by action or forcefulness or force of personality
Example:
the dynamic president of the firm
Synonyms:
dynamic; dynamical
Classified under:
Similar:
can-do (marked by a willingness to tackle a job and get it done)
changing; ever-changing (marked by continuous change or effective action)
driving; impulsive (having the power of driving or impelling)
energising; energizing; kinetic (supplying motive force)
high-energy; high-octane; high-power; high-powered; high-voltage (vigorously energetic or forceful)
projectile (impelling or impelled forward)
propellant; propellent; propelling; propulsive (tending to or capable of propelling)
self-propelled; self-propelling (moved forward by its own force or momentum)
slashing (as if striking with slashing blows)
Also:
energetic (possessing or exerting or displaying energy)
Antonym:
undynamic (characterized by an absence of force or forcefulness)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Of or relating to dynamics
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Domain category:
natural philosophy; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)
Pertainym:
dynamics (the branch of mechanics concerned with the forces that cause motions of bodies)
Derivation:
dynamics (the branch of mechanics concerned with the forces that cause motions of bodies)
Context examples:
BioCarta offers an easy and dynamic forum for information exchange and collaboration between researchers, educators and students.
(BioCarta, NCI Thesaurus)
Saturn in hard angle to Uranus will certainly fuel your creativity in a dynamic way, pushing you to find new ways of expressing your talents.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
These findings highlight the need to understand effects of screen time on the brain, particularly during stages of dynamic brain development in early childhood.
(Too Much Screen Time Changes Structure of Toddlers' Brains, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
The intracellular organization of the HMGN (previously known as HMG-14/17) proteins is dynamic and is related to both cell-cycle and transcriptional events.
(HMGN Family Protein, NCI Thesaurus)
HMGN chromatin association is dynamic and regulated by posttranslational modification; related to cell cycle and transcriptional events.
(HMGN Family Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
"There is a dynamic and complex relationship among land cover types that are constantly changing," said lead author J. Tyler Fox of the University of Arkansas.
(Land cover change in Botswana savannas: Don't blame the elephants, National Science Foundation)
However, different nanoparticle materials and shapes could be used in extra layers to make a fully dynamic material, like real chameleon skin.
(Colour-changing artificial ‘chameleon skin’ powered by nanomachines, University of Cambridge)
They were inspired by Earth’s own ionosphere, a region of the upper atmosphere where interactions between neutral and charged particles are responsible for many dynamic processes.
(Scientists Uncover Origins of the Sun’s Swirling Spicules, NASA)
A method of obtaining descriptive parameters having physiological significance from plots whose points at various times are computed from dynamic scan data and possibly also tracer blood sampling.
(Multiple Time Graphical Analysis, NCI Thesaurus)
This internal compass can help orient animals who live in a complex, dynamic three-dimensional habitat,” said Mike Sieracki, a program director in NSF's Division of Ocean Sciences.
(North Atlantic haddock use magnetic compass to guide them, National Science Foundation)
