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dynamo (iou)



dynamo noun. Pl. -os. L19.
[Abbreviation of dynamo-electric machine (see DYNAMO-).]
A machine which converts mechanical energy into electric energy by electric induction, usu. by a rotating conductor in a magnetic field. L19.
transf. & fig. Something or someone very energetic or active; a source of power energizing a system; esp. the postulated system of circulating electric currents within the earth's core which is believed to generate the earth's magnetic field. L19.
D. Ogilvy I have to rely on..empirical techniques for spotting creative dynamos. E. J. Kormondy The turnover of phosphorus may be..sufficient to turn the ecosystem dynamo.