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force unit comparison table

Subject has equivalent is an acronym for has base unit has unit has definition has symbol is an instance of

dyne 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. CGS unit

newton 10⁵ dynes Syteme Internationale m·kg·s^-2 defined in terms of derived SI unit via a system of quantity equations The SI derived unit of force, equal to the force necessary to give an acceleration of 1 meter per second² to a mass of 1 kg. N named derived SI unit

Subject	has equivalent	is an acronym for	has base unit	has unit	has definition	has symbol	is an instance of
dyne					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.		CGS unit
newton	10⁵ dynes	Syteme Internationale	m·kg·s^-2	defined in terms of derived SI unit via a system of quantity equations	The SI derived unit of force, equal to the force necessary to give an acceleration of 1 meter per second² to a mass of 1 kg.	N	named derived SI unit

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