"dyne" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /dʌɪn/ [Received-Pronunciation], /daɪn/ [General-American] Forms: dynes [plural]
enPR: dīn [General-American] Rhymes: -aɪn Etymology: From the French dyne, from the Ancient Greek δῠ́νᾰμῐς (dúnamis, “force”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|dyne}} French dyne, {{der|en|grc|δύναμις|δῠ́νᾰμῐς|force}} Ancient Greek δῠ́νᾰμῐς (dúnamis, “force”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} dyne (plural dynes)
  1. A unit of force in the CGS system; the force required to accelerate a mass of one gram by one centimetre per second per second. Symbol: dyn. Categories (topical): Units of measure Derived forms: microdyne, millidyne, kilodyne, megadyne, aerodyne Translations (unit of force): дина (dina) (Bulgarian), dina [feminine] (Catalan), 達因 (Chinese), 达因 (dáyīn) (Chinese), δύνη (dýni) [feminine] (Greek), dín [feminine] (Irish), ダイン (dain) (Japanese), ди́на (dína) [feminine] (Russian), dina [feminine] (Spanish), din (Turkish)

Inflected forms

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