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Definition of dynamic noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

dynamic

noun
 
/daɪˈnæmɪk/
 
/daɪˈnæmɪk/
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  1. dynamics
    [plural] the way in which people or things behave and react to each other in a particular situation
    • the dynamics of political change
    • group dynamics (= the way in which members of a group react to each other)
    • Market dynamics are working in the company’s favour.
  2. dynamics
    [uncountable] the science of the forces involved in movement
    • fluid dynamics
    compare staticTopics Physics and chemistryc2
  3. [singular] (formal) a force that produces change, action or effects
  4. dynamics
    [plural] (music) changes in volume in music
    • They play all the notes in the right place and have a scrupulous regard for the tempos and dynamics.
    Topics Musicc2
  5. Word Originearly 19th cent. (as a term in physics): from French dynamique, from Greek dunamikos, from dunamis ‘power’.
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