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