dynein
/ˈdaɪ.niːn/noun
dynein is a noun meaning “Any of a group of enzymes that hydrolyze ATP and thus provide motive power for motile structures such as microtubules” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled D-Y-N-E-I-N, and it appears about once in every 18 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of dynein is dyneins.
What does dynein mean?
noun
- 1
Any of a group of enzymes that hydrolyze ATP and thus provide motive power for motile structures such as microtubules.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce dynein?
- /ˈdaɪ.niːn/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of dynein
- dyneins plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is dynein?
Dynein appears about once in every 18 million words in written English, the 128,787th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does dynein come from?
From dyne + -in, from the Ancient Greek δῠ́νᾰμῐς (dŭ́nămĭs, “force”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).