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CGS unit
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CGS unit	is a kind of unit
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Kinds of CGS unit :

• bar (3 facts) - An absolute unit of pressure equal to 10⁶ dyn cm^-2.
• dyne (4 facts) - The force necessary to cause a mass of one gram to accelerate at one centimeter per second per second., A unit of force equal to the force necessary to give an acceleration of 1 cm sec^-2 to a mass of 1 gram. 1 dyne of force is roughly equivalent to 1 mg of weight.
• erg (9 facts) (dyne cm) - Unit of energy; the work done by a force of 1 dyne acting over a distance of 1 cm.
• gauss (4 facts) - Unit of magnetic flux density.
• maxwell (4 facts) - Unit of magnetic flux through 1 cm² normal to a field of 1 gauss.
• stat-coulomb (4 facts) - Unit of charge in the cgs electrostatic system.