noun dyne A unit of force that, acting on a mass of one gram, increases its velocity by one centimeter per second every second along the direction that it acts. 1
noun dyne 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 0
noun dyne the basic unit of force in the CGS system, equal to the amount of force that imparts to a mass of one gram an acceleration of one centimeter per second per second (0.00001 newton) 0
