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  1. adjective Of or relating to energy or to objects in motion.
  2. adjective Of or relating to the study of dynamics.
  3. adjective Characterized by continuous change, activity, or progress: a dynamic market.
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  • With or without her, the dynamic was always the same—Emmie looked into the camera, Clay looked away, features twisted into a pout or a frown, Gus looked at Emmie as if startled by a particularly lovely ghost. —  Lippman, Laura - [Tess Monaghan 04] - In Big Trouble
  • Within the PPT business the dynamic is a little bit different although we did have a smaller amount at the inventory adjustment in both cases part of the reason for inventory adjustment is merely due to this anticipated slowdown in revenue that we are going to see in 2009. —  Hardware Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha
  • Andrew Bird: Yeah, obviously it's a very different dynamic, and I think dynamic is the key word. —  theithacajournal.com -
  • Film captures everything that is exposed on to it, whereas what is known as the dynamic range in digital photography means that extremes are not captured. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • The Tomoya-Nagisa dynamic was an irreplacably beautiful if all-too-short experience, but one gets the feeling somehow that the Tomoya-Ushio dynamic will, in time, becomes something quite beautiful in its own right. —  Anime Nano!
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. French dynamique, from Greek dunamikos, powerful, from dunamis, power, from dunasthai, to be able; see deu-2 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Greek δυναμικός, powerful, efficacious, from δίναμις, power: see dynam.
 

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