dynamic
ADJECTIVE (also dynamical):
1. pertaining to or characterized by energy or effective action; vigorously active or forceful; energetic:
the dynamic president of the firm.
2. Also "dynamical," characterized by force of personality, ambition, energy, new ideas, etc.
3. marked by usually continuous and productive activity or change:
a dynamic city.
4. energetic, forceful:
a dynamic personality.
in physics, general science:
1. of or relating to force or power.
2. of or relating to force related to motion.
3. of or concerned with energy or forces that produce motion, as opposed to static.
4. relating to energy or to objects in motion. Compare static.
5. relating to the study of dynamics.
6. characterized by continuous change or activity.
7. or less commonly dynamical:
a) of or relating to physical force or energy
b) of or relating to dynamics (see dynamics).
in computing:
1. (of a memory) needing its contents refreshed periodically.
Compare static.
2. (of random-access memory) requiring periodic refreshment of charge in order to retain data.
of digital technology:
(of data storage, processing, or programming) affected by the passage of time or the presence or absence of power:
Dynamic memory must be constantly refreshed to avoid losing data; Dynamic websites contain web pages that are generated in real time.
in grammar:
nonstative.
of music:
1. of or relating to the range of volume of musical sound.
2. music of, relating to, or indicating dynamics:
dynamic marks.
Origin:
First recorded in 1810–20; from French dynamique, from Greek dynamikós, equivalent to dýnam(is) “force, power” + -ikos adjective suffix; see -ic. British dictionary: C19: from French dynamique, from Greek dunamikos powerful, from dunamis power, from dunasthai to be able. —Dictionary.com. //
First Known Use of dynamic: Adjective: 1744. Noun: 1868. History and Etymology for dynamic: Adjective: borrowed from French dynamique or New Latin dynamicus "relating to physical force or energy," borrowed from Greek dynamikós "powerful, efficacious," from dýnamis "power, strength, capability" (i-stem derivative, with suffixal -m-, of dýnamai, dýnasthai "to be able, have the strength or capability (to do something), be equivalent to," of uncertain origin) + -ikos -ic entry 1. [See note.*] Noun: borrowed from French dynamique, noun derivative of dynamique dynamic entry 1. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.
Added: 22 September 2020 {3:54 PM}
1. pertaining to or characterized by energy or effective action; vigorously active or forceful; energetic:
the dynamic president of the firm.
2. Also "dynamical," characterized by force of personality, ambition, energy, new ideas, etc.
3. marked by usually continuous and productive activity or change:
a dynamic city.
4. energetic, forceful:
a dynamic personality.
in physics, general science:
1. of or relating to force or power.
2. of or relating to force related to motion.
3. of or concerned with energy or forces that produce motion, as opposed to static.
4. relating to energy or to objects in motion. Compare static.
5. relating to the study of dynamics.
6. characterized by continuous change or activity.
7. or less commonly dynamical:
a) of or relating to physical force or energy
b) of or relating to dynamics (see dynamics).
in computing:
1. (of a memory) needing its contents refreshed periodically.
Compare static.
2. (of random-access memory) requiring periodic refreshment of charge in order to retain data.
of digital technology:
(of data storage, processing, or programming) affected by the passage of time or the presence or absence of power:
Dynamic memory must be constantly refreshed to avoid losing data; Dynamic websites contain web pages that are generated in real time.
in grammar:
nonstative.
of music:
1. of or relating to the range of volume of musical sound.
2. music of, relating to, or indicating dynamics:
dynamic marks.
Origin:
First recorded in 1810–20; from French dynamique, from Greek dynamikós, equivalent to dýnam(is) “force, power” + -ikos adjective suffix; see -ic. British dictionary: C19: from French dynamique, from Greek dunamikos powerful, from dunamis power, from dunasthai to be able. —Dictionary.com. //
First Known Use of dynamic: Adjective: 1744. Noun: 1868. History and Etymology for dynamic: Adjective: borrowed from French dynamique or New Latin dynamicus "relating to physical force or energy," borrowed from Greek dynamikós "powerful, efficacious," from dýnamis "power, strength, capability" (i-stem derivative, with suffixal -m-, of dýnamai, dýnasthai "to be able, have the strength or capability (to do something), be equivalent to," of uncertain origin) + -ikos -ic entry 1. [See note.*] Noun: borrowed from French dynamique, noun derivative of dynamique dynamic entry 1. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.
Added: 22 September 2020 {3:54 PM}