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dynamoelectric

adjective
dy·na·mo·electric

Definition of dynamoelectric 

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

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History and Etymology for dynamoelectric

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

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