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Definition of
dyne noun
from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
dyne
noun
/daɪn/
/daɪn/
(
physics
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a unit of force
Word Origin
late 19th cent.: from French, from Greek
dunamis
‘force, power’.
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dyne
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