dyn
dyne
Forceexact by definition
The dyne is the CGS unit of force, the force that accelerates one gram at one centimetre per second squared. That makes it exactly 10⁻⁵ newtons, an exact relation since both systems are decimal. It is now rare except in surface tension work, where dyne per centimetre remains common.
| 1 dyn | 0.00001 N |
Where the unit came from
Named from the Greek dynamis, meaning power or force, and introduced with the centimetre-gram-second system in the 1870s by the British Association for the Advancement of Science.
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