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Dyne Force Unit Noun  French Greek  Dynamis  The

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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
dyne

 \\ˈdīn\\ noun
 ETYMOLOGY  French, from Greek dynamis
 DATE  circa 1873
: the unit of force in the centimeter-gram-second system equal to the force that would give a free mass of one gram an acceleration of one centimeter per second per second
English Etymology
dyne
  metric unit of force, 1873, from Ger. use of Gk. dynamis "power," also infl. by Fr. dyne.
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7
dyne
dyne dain / noun   (physics 物) a unit of force
   达因(力的单位)
Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged
dyne
\ˈdīn\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: French, from Greek dynamis power — more at 
dynamic
: the unit of force in the cgs system equal to the force that would give a free mass of one gram an acceleration of one centimeter per second per second

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