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 | 0.00001 |
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.
One dyne in every force unit
| 10 | micronewton (μN) | |
| 1 | dyne (dyn)this unit | |
| 0.01 | millinewton (mN) | |
| 0.00101972 | gram-force (gf) | |
| 0.0000723301 | poundal (pdl) | |
| 0.0000359694 | ounce-force (ozf) | |
| 0.00001 | newton (N) | convert → |
| 0.00000224809 | pound-force (lbf) | convert → |
| 0.00000101972 | kilogram-force (kgf) | convert → |
| 1.00000e-08 | kilonewton (kN) | convert → |
| 2.24809e-09 | kip (kip) | |
| 1.12404e-09 | US short ton-force (tonf) | |
| 1.01972e-09 | tonne-force (tf) | |
| 1.00361e-09 | UK long ton-force (tonf (UK)) | |
| 1.00000e-11 | meganewton (MN) |
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