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Definition of: cgs
The centimeter-gram-second system of measurement in which the unit of length is the centimeter, the unit of mass the gram, and the unit of time one second. Thus, the cgs unit of force is the dyne, of work the erg, etc. Also c.g.s., C.G.S.
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