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The name | The name ''dyne'' was first proposed as a CGS unit of force in 1873 by a Committee of the [[British Association for the Advancement of Science]], and is from [[Ancient Greek]] {{lang |grc |δύναμις}} ('force', 'power').<ref>{{cite conference | ||
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Latest revision as of 17:00, 20 May 2026
The dyne (symbol: dyn; from Ancient Greek Template:Wikt-lang (Template:Grc-transl) 'power, force') is a derived unit of force specified in the centimetre–gram–second (CGS) system of units, a predecessor of the modern SI.
History
The name dyne was first proposed as a CGS unit of force in 1873 by a Committee of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, and is from Ancient Greek δύναμις ('force', 'power').[1]
Definition
The dyne is defined as "the force required to accelerate a mass of one gram at a rate of one centimetre per second squared".[2] An equivalent definition of the dyne is "that force which, acting for one second, will produce a change of velocity of one centimetre per second in a mass of one gram".[3]
One dyne is equal to 10 micronewtons, 10−5 N or to 10 nsn (nanosthenes) in the old metre–tonne–second system of units.
- 1 dyn = 1 g⋅cm/s2 = 10−5 kg⋅m/s2 = 10−5 N
- 1 N = 1 kg⋅m/s2 = 105 g⋅cm/s2 = 105 dyn
Use
The dyne per centimetre is a unit traditionally used to measure surface tension. For example, the surface tension of distilled water is 71.99 dyn/cm at 25 °C (77 °F).[4] (In SI units this is 71.99×10−3 N/m or 71.99 mN/m.)
See also
References
- ↑ Thomson, Sir Wl; Professor GC, Foster; Maxwell, Professor JC; Stoney, Mr GJ; Professor Flemming, Jenkin; Siemens, Dr; Bramwell, Mr FJ (September 1873). Everett, Professor (ed.). First Report of the Committee for the Selection and Nomenclature of Dynamical and Electrical Units. Forty-third Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. Bradford: Johna Murray. p. 224. Retrieved 8 April 2012.
- ↑ Gyllenbok, Jan (11 April 2018). "dyne". Encyclopaedia of Historical Metrology, Weights, and Measures. 1. Birkhäuser. p. 90. ISBN 9783319575988. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
- ↑ Template:Cite NSRW
- ↑ Haynes, W.M.; Lide, D. R.; Bruno, T.J., eds. (2015). "Surface tension of common liquids". CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (96nd ed.). CRC Press. p. 6-181. ISBN 9781482260977.