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Dyne

//dʌɪn// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A unit of force in the CGS system; the force required to accelerate a mass of one gram by one centimetre per second per second. Symbol: dyn.
  2. 2
    a unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 cm/sec/sec to a mass of 1 gram wordnet

Etymology

From the French dyne, from the Ancient Greek δῠ́νᾰμῐς (dŭ́nămĭs, “force”).

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