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–noun Physics.

the standard centimeter-gram-second unit of force, equal to the force that produces an acceleration of one centimeter per second per second on a mass of one gram. Abbreviation: dyn

[Origin: 1835–45; < F < Gk dýnamis force, power

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n. Abbr. dyn
A centimeter-gram-second unit of force, equal to the force required to impart an acceleration of one centimeter per second per second to a mass of one gram.

[From Greek dunamis, power; see dynamic.]

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metric unit of force, 1873, from Ger. use of Gk. dynamis "power," also infl. by Fr. dyne.

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a unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 cm/sec/sec to a mass of 1 gram

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The unit of force in the centimeter-gram-second system, equal to the amount of force required to give a mass of one gram an acceleration of one centimeter per second.

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Dyne

Dyne\, n. [Formed fr. Gr. ? power. See Dynamic.] (Physics) The unit of force, in the C. G. S. (Centimeter Gram Second) system of physical units; that is, the force which, acting on a gram for a second, generates a velocity of a centimeter per second.

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