dyne

Etymology

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

noun

  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.

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