dynamic

Academic Word List, sublist 7.

About 29.70 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Changing; active; in motion.

   The environment is dynamic, changing with the years and the seasons.

2. adjective Powerful; energetic.

   He was a dynamic and engaging speaker.

3. adjective Able to change and adapt.
4. adjective Having to do with the volume of sound.

   The dynamic marking in bar 40 is forte.

5. adjective Happening at runtime instead of being predetermined at compile time.

   dynamic allocation

6. adjective Pertaining to dynamics, the branch of mechanics concerned with the effects of forces on the motion of objects.
7. adjective Of a verb: not stative, but fientive; indicating continued or progressive action on the part of the subject.
8. noun A characteristic or manner of an interaction; a behavior.

   Watch the dynamic between the husband and wife when they disagree.

Similar words

dynamical ever-changing changing self-propelling self-propelled propulsive propelling high-powered impulsive resurgent

Often followed by

and of range programming process model equilibrium systems nature

Word family

dynamical dynamically dynamics