*dynamo*

n. A dynamo-electric machine. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; power + E. electric. See Dynamic. ] Pertaining to the development of electricity, especially electrical currents, by power; producing electricity or electrical currents by mechanical power. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; power + -graph. See Dynamic. ] (Physiol.) A dynamometer to which is attached a device for automatically registering muscular power. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. dynamomètre. See Dynameter. ] An apparatus for measuring force or power; especially, muscular effort of men or animals, or the power developed by a motor, or that required to operate machinery. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ It usually embodies a spring to be compressed or weight to be sustained by the force applied, combined with an index, or automatic recorder, to show the work performed.

{ } a. Relating to a dynamometer, or to the measurement of force doing work; as, dynamometrical instruments. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The art or process of measuring forces doing work. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An instrument for measuring the strength of electro-dynamic currents. [ 1913 Webster ]

pr>(hē`m&adot_;*dī`n&adot_;*m&obreve_;m"&euptack_;*t&etilde_;r or h&ebreve_;m`&adot_;*d&ibreve_;n`&adot_;-), Same as Hemadynamometer. [1913 Webster]

n. Same as Hemadynamometer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Hema- + dynamometr. ] (Physiol.) An instrument by which the pressure of the blood in the arteries, or veins, is measured by the height to which it will raise a column of mercury; -- called also a haemomanometer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Biol.) Pertaining to, or involving, homodynamy; as, successive or homodynamous parts in plants and animals. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Hydro-, 1 + dynamometer. ] An instrument to measure the velocity of a liquid current by the force of its impact. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;. See Isodynamic. ] Of equal force or size. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Myo- + E. dynamometer. ] (Physiol.) An instrument for measuring the muscular strength of man or of other animals; a dynamometer. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Elec.) (a) A series-wound dynamo. (b) A dynamo running in series with another or others. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. (Elec.) An electric dynamometer having two coils so arranged that one carries the primary current, and the other the secondary current, of a transformer. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ } a. (Bot.) Belonging to the order Tetradynamia; having six stamens, four of which are uniformly longer than the others. [ 1913 Webster ]