geodynamo
/ˌdʒiːə(ʊ)ˈdʌɪnəməʊ/ /dʒɪəˈdʌɪnəməʊ/Geology
noun
The mechanism by which the earth's magnetic field is generated, believed to resemble a self-exciting dynamo and to involve circulatory and convective motions and electrical currents within the earth's liquid outer core.
Origin
1960s. From geo- + dynamo.
- knife grinder
- knife-like
- knifeman
- knife pleat
- knifepoint
- knifer
- knife rest
- knife-thrower
- knife-throwing
- knight
- knightage
- knight bachelor
- Knight, Bobby
- knight commander
- knight errant
- knight-errantry
- knighthood
- knight in shining armour (or knight on a white charger)
- Knight, John S.
- knightlike
- knightliness
- knightly
- knight marshal
- knight of the road
- knight of the shire