Dyne : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Dyne	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Dyne
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dyne n a unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 cm/sec/sec to a mass of 1 gram
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dyne \Dyne\, n. [Formed fr. Gr. [?] power. See {Dynamic}.] (Physics) 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.