dyne

[ dahyn ]

/ daɪn /

noun Physics.

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. Abbreviation: dyn

Nearby words

Origin of dyne

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

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Examples from the Web for dyne

All other thinges consydered, she determined to dyne fyrste.
Shakespeare Jest-Books;|Unknown
Vpon a daye the sayde Piso made a dyner, and sente a seruaunt to desire Clodius the Consull to come and dyne with him.
Shakespeare Jest-Books;|Unknown
The intensity of field which acts on a unit pole with a force of one dyne.
Hawkins Electrical Guide, Number One|Nehemiah Hawkins
The name comes from two Greek words, “dyne” meaning “force” and the other part meaning “different.”
Letters of a Radio-Engineer to His Son|John Mills

And we dined at Semi Donos, where we had great cheare and kind entertaynment; and the Hollanders are to dyne theare to morrow.
Diary of Richard Cocks, Volume II|Richard Cocks

British Dictionary definitions for dyne

dyne

/ (daɪn) /

noun

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

Word Origin for dyne

C19: from French, from Greek dunamis power, force

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Word Origin and History for dyne

dyne

metric unit of force, 1873, from German use of Greek dynamis "power" (see dynamic (adj.)); perhaps also influenced by French dyne, which had been proposed c.1842 as a unit of force in a different sense.

Medicine definitions for dyne

dyne

[ dīn ]

n.

A centimeter-gram-second unit of force, equal to the force required to impart an acceleration of one centimeter per second per second to a mass of one gram.

Science definitions for dyne

dyne

[ dīn ]

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.