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nouna unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 cm/sec/sec to a mass of 1 gramtype of:
Definition that contains dyne
- n a unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 m/sec/sec to a mass of 1 kilogram; equal to 100,000 dynes
- bar (meteorology) a unit of pressure equal to a million dynes per square centimeter
- pressure the force applied to a unit area of surface; measured in pascals (SI unit) or in dynes (cgs unit)
- newton a unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 m/sec/sec to a mass of 1 kilogram; equal to 100,000 dynes
- 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
- erg a cgs unit of work or energy; the work done by a force of one dyne acting over a distance of one centimeter
- heterodyne oscillator an oscillator whose output heterodynes with the incoming radio signal to produce sum and difference tones
- trandate antihypertensive drug (trade names Trandate and Normodyne) that blocks alpha and beta-adrenergic receptors of the sympathetic nervous system (leading to a decrease in blood pressure)
- labetalol antihypertensive drug (trade names Trandate and Normodyne) that blocks alpha and beta-adrenergic receptors of the sympathetic nervous system (leading to a decrease in blood pressure)
- microbar the absolute unit of pressure equal to one dyne per square centimeter