A unit of force equal to the force required to impart to a mass of 1 gram an acceleration of 1 centimeter per second per second. 1 dyne = 10‾⁵ newton.
The force needed for imparting an acceleration of 1 cm per second to a 1-g mass.
The measure of force that, when applied to a mass of one gram, results in an acceleration of one centimeter per second.
The unit used to quantify force, representing the force required to accelerate a one-gram mass by one centimeter per second.