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force unit comparison table
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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
newton105 dynesSyteme Internationalem·kg·s-2defined in terms of derived SI unit via a system of quantity equationsThe 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.Nnamed derived SI unit

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