dyne
UK /dʌɪn/ · US /daɪn/ noun
Forms dynes
- noun 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.
Etymology
From the French dyne, from the Ancient Greek δῠ́νᾰμῐς (dŭ́nămĭs, “force”).
Webster’s 1913
- noun 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.
- noun An inseparable prefix, fr. the Greek ill, bad, hard, difficult, and the like; cf. the prefixes, Skr. dus-, Goth. tuz-, OHG. zur-, G. zer-, AS. to-, Icel. tor-, Ir. do-.
Etymology [Formed fr. Gr. Dynamic.]
Sources: Wiktionary · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “dyne”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details