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2. Physics

For the CGS system, the force is

  • the 'Newton' which produces an acceleration of 1cm/s2 for a mass of gram.
  • the 'dyne' which produces an acceleration of 1cm/s2 for a mass of gram.
  • the 'pd1' which produces an acceleration of 1 cm/s2 for a mass of gram.

Explanation from PART66Online

In the centimetre-gram-second (CGS) system the unit of force is the dyne, defined as the force giving a one-gram mass an acceleration of one centimetre per second squared. The newton is the SI unit, belonging to the metre-kilogram-second system, not CGS.

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obrien99 asked · 4 Jun 2013

I havent seen anything like this in any of the notes I have anyone understand it.?

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PART66Online 4 Jun 2013
CGS system means centimeter, gram second.
Unit of force in this system is called dyne, g·cm/s^2.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centimetre%E2%8...

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