dyne

American  

[dahyn] / daɪn /

noun

Physics.

1. the standard centimeter-gram-second unit of force, equal to the force that produces an acceleration of one centimeter per second per second on a mass of one gram. dyn

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dyne British  

/ daɪn /

noun

1. the cgs unit of force; the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 centimetre per second per second to a mass of 1 gram. 1 dyne is equivalent to 10 ^-5 newton or 7.233 × 10 ^-5 poundal

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dyne Scientific  

/ dīn /

1. The unit of force in the centimeter-gram-second system, equal to the amount of force required to give a mass of one gram an acceleration of one centimeter per second per second.

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Etymology

Origin of dyne

1835–45; < French < Greek dýnamis force, power

Example Sentences

Bats Sir: Carrying the experiment one step further, I asked the bat how he managed to make a 120,000 cycle, 60 dyne noise.

From Time Magazine Archive

That lytle boye was the towne swyne-heard, And kept fayre Alyce swyne; Full oft he had seene Cloudesle in the wodde, And geven hym there to dyne.

From Ballads of Robin Hood and other Outlaws Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Fourth Series by Sidgwick, Frank

In accordance with this relationship, unit charge is defined as that charge which repels an equal and similar charge placed at a distance of 1 centimetre in air, with a force of 1 dyne.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura by Various

And whan our parish-masse was done, Our kinge was bowne to dyne: He sayes, "Where is Syr Cauline, That is wont to serve the wyne?"

From English and Scottish Ballads (volume 3 of 8) by Various

‘Syr abbot, for thy tydynges, To day thou shalt dyne with me, For the love of my kynge, Under my trystell-tre.’

From Ballads of Robin Hood and other Outlaws Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Fourth Series by Sidgwick, Frank