Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 cm/sec/sec to a mass of 1 gram;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Dyne \Dyne\, n. [Formed fr. Gr. ? power. See Dynamic.]
(Physics)
The unit of force, in the C. G. S. (Centimeter Gram Second)
system of physical units; that is, the force which, acting on
a gram for a second, generates a velocity of a centimeter per
second.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
dyne
n 1: a unit of force equal to the force that imparts an
acceleration of 1 cm/sec/sec to a mass of 1 gram
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
43 Moby Thesaurus words for "dyne":
atomerg, calorie, carat, centigram, decagram, decigram, dinamode,
dram, dram avoirdupois, energid, erg, foot-pound, force, grain,
gram, horsepower-hour, horsepower-year, hundredweight, joule, kilo,
kilogram, kilogram-meter, kilowatt-hour, mass, megaton, milligram,
mole, ounce, ounce avoirdupois, ounce troy, pennyweight, photon,
pound, pound avoirdupois, pound troy, poundal, quantum, scruple,
slug, stone, ton, units of weight, weight