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dyne

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • dīn
  • Received-Pronunciation: /dʌɪn/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /daɪn/
  • rhymes with -aɪn
  • homophone: dine

1

noun

Meaning 1

A unit of force in the CGS system; the force required to accelerate a mass of one gram by one centimetre per second per second. Symbol: dyn.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 cm/sec/sec to a mass of 1 gram

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: force unit

History

Etymology

From the French dyne, from the Ancient Greek δῠ́νᾰμῐς (dŭ́nămĭs, “force”).

Across languages

Translations

10 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: дина (dina) — unit of force
  • Catalan: dina — unit of force
  • Chinese: 達因 /达因 (dáyīn) — unit of force
  • Finnish: dyne — unit of force
  • Greek: δύνη (dýni) — unit of force
  • Irish: dín — unit of force
  • Japanese: ダイン (dain) — unit of force
  • Russian: ди́на (dína) — unit of force
  • Spanish: dina — unit of force
  • Turkish: din — unit of force