• The centimetregramsecond system of units (CGS or cgs) is a variant of the metric system based on the centimetre as the unit of length, the gram as the...
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    are 100 centimetres in 1 metre. The centimetre was the base unit of length in the now deprecated centimetregramsecond (CGS) system of units. Though...
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    The gram per cubic centimetre is a unit of density in the CGS system, and is commonly used in chemistry. It is defined by dividing the CGS unit of mass...
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    Renaissance scholarship. The gram was the base unit of mass in the 19th-century centimetregramsecond system of units (CGS). The CGS system coexisted with the...
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  • of units, which inherited it from the older centimetregramsecond electromagnetic units (CGS-EMU) system. It was named after the German mathematician...
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    metric system variants include the centimetregramsecond system of units, the metre–tonne–second system of units, and the gravitational metric system. Each...
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  • (symbol P; /pɔɪz, pwɑːz/) is the unit of dynamic viscosity (absolute viscosity) in the centimetregramsecond system of units (CGS). It is named after Jean...
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  • coherent system based on the centimetre, gram and second. These units were inconvenient for electromagnetic applications, since electromagnetic units derived...
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    (dúnamis) 'power, force') is a derived unit of force specified in the centimetregramsecond (CGS) system of units, a predecessor of the modern SI. The name dyne...
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  • subsets of the International System of Units (SI), using metre, kilogram and second (MKS), and the earlier centimetregramsecond system of units (CGS)...
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