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nounsystem of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds
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- l a cgs unit of illumination equal to the brightness of a perfectly diffusing surface that emits or reflects one lumen per square centimeter
- pressure the force applied to a unit area of surface; measured in pascals (SI unit) or in dynes (cgs unit)
- maxwell a cgs unit of magnetic flux equal to the flux perpendicular to an area of 1 square centimeter in a magnetic field of 1 gauss
- lambert a cgs unit of illumination equal to the brightness of a perfectly diffusing surface that emits or reflects one lumen per square centimeter
- poise a cgs unit of dynamic viscosity equal to one dyne-second per square centimeter; the viscosity of a fluid in which a force of one dyne per square centimeter maintains a velocity of 1 centimeter per second
- mx a cgs unit of magnetic flux equal to the flux perpendicular to an area of 1 square centimeter in a magnetic field of 1 gauss
- erg a cgs unit of work or energy; the work done by a force of one dyne acting over a distance of one centimeter
- force per unit area the force applied to a unit area of surface; measured in pascals (SI unit) or in dynes (cgs unit)
- pressure level the force applied to a unit area of surface; measured in pascals (SI unit) or in dynes (cgs unit)