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  • noun Plural form of dynamo.

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Examples

  • Explain that batteries are not used to produce large currents, but that machines called dynamos, similar to motors, when driven by steam or water-power, will yield electric currents as batteries do.

    Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study Ontario. Ministry of Education

  • In fact, Mr. Smith is one of a growing number of business travelers who, out of practicality or concern for the environment, use portable renewable energy devices - primarily portable solar panels, but also hand-cranked electricity generators known as dynamos or freeplay devices - to power up their electronics when they work in places that offer little or no access to electricity.

    NYT > Home Page By LIZ GALST 2010

  • In fact, Mr. Smith is one of a growing number of business travelers who, out of practicality or concern for the environment, use portable renewable energy devices - primarily portable solar panels, but also hand-cranked electricity generators known as dynamos or freeplay devices - to power up their electronics when they work in places that offer little or no access to electricity.

    NYT > Home Page By LIZ GALST 2010

  • In fact, Mr. Smith is one of a growing number of business travelers who, out of practicality or concern for the environment, use portable renewable energy devices - primarily portable solar panels, but also hand-cranked electricity generators known as dynamos or freeplay devices - to power up their electronics when they work in places that offer little or no access to electricity.

    NYT > Home Page 2010

  • In fact, Mr. Smith is one of a growing number of business travelers who, out of practicality or concern for the environment, use portable renewable energy devices - primarily portable solar panels, but also hand-cranked electricity generators known as dynamos or freeplay devices - to power up their electronics when they work in places that offer little or no access to electricity.

    NYT > Global Home By LIZ GALST 2010

  • In fact, Mr. Smith is one of a growing number of business travelers who, out of practicality or concern for the environment, use portable renewable energy devices - primarily portable solar panels, but also hand-cranked electricity generators known as dynamos or freeplay devices - to power up their electronics when they work in places that offer little or no access to electricity.

    NYT > Global Home By LIZ GALST 2010

  • Plus, everyone knows librarians are sexual dynamos waiting to explode.

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  • Yeah for Librarians (so true about sexual dynamos).

    Best/Worst Professions To Date 2009

  • Yeah for Librarians (so true about sexual dynamos).

    Best/Worst Professions To Date » E-Mail 2009

  • Plus, everyone knows librarians are sexual dynamos waiting to explode.

    Best/Worst Professions To Date » E-Mail 2009

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