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Keywords: Centimeter, Impart, Accelerate, Gram, Cgs

Related Terms: Velocity, Erg, Flow , Flux , Knot, Minute, Second, Pascal, Ppm , Population Density, Gigahertz, Feet Per Second, Horsepower , Million Gallons Per Day, Newton, Nanosecond, Lbf, Yield, Poise, Filtration Rate, Knots, Spring Rate, Gflops, Gigaflop, Gal, Part Per Million, Areal Density, P.S.I, Teraflops, Langley, Cubic Centimeter, Acfm, Km/H, G-Force, Psi , Fluence, Scfh, Wind Speed, Cubic Feet Per Second, Specific Impulse, Geopotential, G/T, Ppb, Cgs, Microsecond, Linear Density, Grains Per Gallon, Gpd, Fpm

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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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(dyn) The unit of force in the obsolete cgs system of units. A dyne is the force required to accelerate a 1 g mass by 1 cm/s per second.

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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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a very small unit of force, the amount needed to break the surface skin of the water

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The absolute centimeter-gram-second unit of force; that force that will impart to a free mass of one gram an acceleration of one centimeter per second per second.

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