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Dynamo Power Direct Electric Produced Current Generator Produces

word dynamo
definition (1) A power generator, especially one that produces direct electric current. (2) A forceful, energetic person.
eg_sentence Even as they entered the power plant, the roar of the water covered the sound of the immense dynamos.
explanation The dynamo was introduced in 1832 to produce electricity for commercial use. Like all later generators, the original dynamos changed mechanical energy (produced by steam, which was itself produced by burning coal) into electricity. The word is less used today than it once was, since it's often applied only to generators that produced direct electric current (DC) rather than alternating current (AC), which is now the standard. A human dynamo is a person who seems to have unlimited energy, such as New York's legendary mayor Fiorello La Guardia, whose forcefulness and vigor matched that of his intensely dynamic city
IPA ˈdaɪnəˌmoʊ

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