centimetre-gram-second

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A system of units formerly used in physics (now replaced by the SI system), in which the basic units of length, mass and time were respectively centimetre, gram, and second.

centimetre-gram-second centimeter-gram-second centimetre-gramme-second

From centimetre + gram + second. From the basis units of this version of the metric system.

CGS

metre-kilogram-second metre-tonne-second

CGS

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