Dynamo-electric
(Dy`na*mo-e*lec"tric) a. [Gr. power + E. electric. See Dynamic.] Pertaining to the development of electricity, especially electrical currents, by power; producing electricity or electrical currents by mechanical power.

Dynamograph
(Dy*nam"o*graph) n. [Gr. power + -graph. See Dynamic.] (Physiol.) A dynamometer to which is attached a device for automatically registering muscular power.

Dynamometer
(Dy`na*mom"e*ter) n. [Cf. F. dynamomètre. See Dynameter.] An apparatus for measuring force or power; especially, muscular effort of men or animals, or the power developed by a motor, or that required to operate machinery.

It usually embodies a spring to be compressed or weight to be sustained by the force applied, combined with an index, or automatic recorder, to show the work performed.

Dynamometric
(Dy`na*mo*met"ric Dy`na*mo*met"ric*al) a. Relating to a dynamometer, or to the measurement of force doing work; as, dynamometrical instruments.

Dynamometry
(Dy`na*mom"e*try) n. The art or process of measuring forces doing work.

Dynast
(Dy"nast) n. [L. dynastes, Gr. fr. to be able or strong: cf. F. dynaste. See Dynamic.]

1. A ruler; a governor; a prince.

2. A dynasty; a government. [Obs.]

Dynasta
(||Dy*nas"ta) n. [NL. See Dynast.] A tyrant. [Obs.] Milton.

Dynastic
(Dy*nas"tic) a. [Gr. of a dynast, fr. : cf. F. dunastique.] Of or relating to a dynasty or line of kings. Motley.

Dynastical
(Dy*nas"tic*al) a. Dynastic.

Dynastidan
(Dy*nas"ti*dan) n. [Gr. fem. of . See Dynast. The name alludes to the immense size of some species.] (Zoöl.) One of a group of gigantic, horned beetles, including Dynastus Neptunus, and the Hercules beetle (D. Hercules) of tropical America, which grow to be six inches in length.

Dynasty
(Dy"nas*ty) (di"nas*ty or din"as*ty; 277), n.; pl. Dynasties [Gr. dynastei`a lordship, fr. dynastey`ein to hold power or lordship, fr. dyna`sths: cf. F. dynastie dynasty. See Dynast.]

1. Sovereignty; lordship; dominion. Johnson.

2. A race or succession of kings, of the same line or family; the continued lordship of a race of rulers.

Dyne
(Dyne) n. [Formed fr. Gr. power. See Dynamic.] (Physics) The unit of force, in the C. G. S. (Centimeter Gram Second) system of physical units; that is, the force which, acting on a gram for a second, generates a velocity of a centimeter per second.


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