dynamoelectric

adjective

dy·​na·​mo·​electric

: relating to the conversion by induction of mechanical energy into electrical energy or vice versa

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary dynam- + electric; originally formed as German dynamoelektrisch

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