Dȳ-năm'ic or Dȳ-năm'ic-al, a.

adjective

a. [Gr. δυναμικός, from δύναμις, power, from δύνασθαι, to be able.]

Sense 1. Pertaining to strength or power, or to dynamics.

Science, as well as history, has its past to show, — a past indeed, much larger; but its immensity is dynamic, not divine. J. Martineau.

Sense 2. Relating to the effects of the forces or moving agencies in nature; as, dynamical geology. Dana.

As natural science has become more dynamic, so has history. Prof. Shedd.