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# dynamo

«dynamo» in Mova's school dictionary: **a machine that turns movement into electricity, like the…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a dynamo, dynamos)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A dynamo is a machine that turns movement into electricity, like the small one on an old bicycle that lights the lamp when the wheel turns. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dynamo/#m1)

2) A person who is a dynamo is full of energy and gets lots done. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dynamo/#m2)

3) Dynamo is part of the name of several football and sports clubs, such as Dynamo Kyiv. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dynamo/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons it shows how electricity can be made from motion (generators, wind turbines). In everyday talk it praises a very busy, lively person. Phrases: «a bike dynamo», «a human dynamo», «a dynamo of energy».

### examples

- My grandad's bike has a dynamo that powers the front light. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dynamo/#x1)
- When you pedal faster, the dynamo makes the lamp brighter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dynamo/#x2)
- A dynamo uses magnets and coils of wire to make electricity. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dynamo/#x3)
- Our new coach is a real dynamo. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dynamo/#x4)
- She is a dynamo in the classroom, always helping someone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dynamo/#x5)
- We built a tiny dynamo in science club. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dynamo/#x6)
- Dynamo Kyiv is a famous football club in Ukraine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dynamo/#x7)
- A wind-up torch has a little dynamo inside. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dynamo/#x8)

### note

Plural: dynamos (not dynamoes). A dynamo makes electricity; a motor does the opposite and uses electricity to make movement. Modern big machines are usually called generators.

### In the corpora

- [The Earth's magnetism comes from deep inside, where hot liquid iron swirls in the outer core like a giant dynamo.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/physics/30-compasses-and-the-magnetic-earth/1/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «dynamo» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dynamo/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.