dyne

American  

[dahyn] / daɪn /

noun

Physics.

1. the standard centimeter-gram-second unit of force, equal to the force that produces an acceleration of one centimeter per second per second on a mass of one gram. dyn

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dyne British  

/ daɪn /

noun

1. 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

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dyne Scientific  

/ dīn /

1. The unit of force in the centimeter-gram-second system, equal to the amount of force required to give a mass of one gram an acceleration of one centimeter per second per second.

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Etymology

Origin of dyne

1835–45; < French < Greek dýnamis force, power

Example Sentences

Bats Sir: Carrying the experiment one step further, I asked the bat how he managed to make a 120,000 cycle, 60 dyne noise.

From Time Magazine Archive

Therwith she lough, and seyde, `Go we dyne.'

From Troilus and Criseyde by Chaucer, Geoffrey

And whan our parish-masse was done, Our kinge was bowne to dyne: He sayes, "Where is Syr Cauline, That is wont to serve the wyne?"

From English and Scottish Ballads (volume 3 of 8) by Various

But when to dyne she takes her seate What shall be our Tita's meate?

From Minor Poems of Michael Drayton by Brett, Cyril

‘For one thynge, Robyn, I the behote; I swere by Saynt Quyntyne, These forty dayes thou wonnest with me, To soupe, ete, and dyne.’

From Ballads of Robin Hood and other Outlaws Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Fourth Series by Sidgwick, Frank