Meaning & use
Dyne
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A unit of force in the centimeter-gram-second (CGS) system, equal to the force needed to accelerate a one-gram mass by one centimeter per second squared.
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In the CGS system, force is measured in dynes rather than newtons.
One newton is equal to one hundred thousand dynes.
A note on using this word
The dyne has largely been replaced by the newton in the modern SI system, but it still appears in some older scientific texts and specialized fields.
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