DYNE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dyne mean? 

• DYNE (noun)
  The noun DYNE has 1 sense:

1. a unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 cm/sec/sec to a mass of 1 gram

  Familiarity information: DYNE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DYNE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 cm/sec/sec to a mass of 1 gram

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("dyne" is a kind of...):

force unit (a unit of measurement of physical force)

Holonyms ("dyne" is a part of...):

N; newton (a unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 m/sec/sec to a mass of 1 kilogram; equal to 100,000 dynes)

 Context examples 

One dyne is equal to 10E-5 newton and 2.248E-6 pound of force.

(Dyne, NCI Thesaurus)

It is equal to 10E5 dynes.

(Newton, NCI Thesaurus)

One erg is the work done or energy expended by a force of one dyne acting through a distance of one centimeter.

(Erg, NCI Thesaurus)

A field of one gauss exerts a force on a conductor, placed in the field of 0.1 dyne per ampere of current per centimetre of conductor.

(Gauss, NCI Thesaurus)