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A Linnæan class of plants having six stamens, four of which are longer than the others.

A plant of the order Tetradynamia.

Belonging to the order Tetradynamia; having six stamens, four of which are uniformly longer than the others.

Relating to thermodynamics; caused or operated by force due to the application of heat. Thermodynamic function. See Heat weight, under Heat.

The science which treats of the mechanical action or relations of heat.

A dynamometer in which power is measured, without being absorbed or used up, during transmission.

re (Physics), the temperature as measured on a scale determined by certain general thermo-dynamic principles, and reckoned from the absolute zero. -- Absolute zero (Physics), the be ginning, or zero point, in the scale of absolute temperature. It is equivalent to -273º centigrade or -459.4º Fahrenheit.…

The science of equilibrium and motion of air or an aëriform fluid, including aërodynamics and aërostatics.

An air-filled gap in a magnetic or electric circuit; specif., in a dynamo or motor, the space between the field-magnet poles and the armature; clearance.

An electric generator or dynamo for producing alternating currents.

A blasting powder or dynamite composed of nitroglycerin, wood fiber, sodium nitrate, and magnesium carbonate.

a Belgian) of driving automobiles employing a gasoline engine and an auxiliary reversible dynamo. When there is an excess of power the dynamo is driven by the engine so as to charge a small storage battery; when there is a deficiency of power the dynamo reverses and acts as an auxiliary motor. Sometimes called Pieper s…

or attempting to rend, heavy masses of rock, earth, etc., by the explosion of gunpowder, dynamite, etc.; also, the charge used for this purpose. "Large blasts are often used." Tomlinson.

hin plates of metal, used to conduct an electrical current to or from the commutator of a dynamo, electric motor, or similar apparatus.

A peculiar rounded body lying near the nucleus of a cell. It is regarded as the dynamic element by means of which the machinery of cell division is organized.

Terminal. Furthermore, b, as a desinential element, has a dynamic function. Fitzed. Hall.

Coupled without intermediate connections, as an engine and a dynamo.

he sawdust, infusorial earth, mica, etc., mixed with nitroglycerin to make a damp powder (dynamite, etc.) less dangerous to transport, and ordinarily explosive only by suitable fulminating caps.

d pulp, saturated with nitroglycerin and other similar nitro compounds. It is inferior to dynamite, and is more liable to explosion.

proof of the real existence of such a thing as instinct must necessarily be fatal. Word (Dynamic Sociology).