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CGS¹

noun cgs

  1. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of centimetre-gram-second: a system of measurement taking these as its fundamental units, now replaced by the SI system.
  2. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of Canadian Government Ship
  3. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of cultural group selection
  4. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of contiguous gene syndrome

cgs²

noun

  1. alternative Alternative form of CGS (“centimetre-gram-second [system of units]”).

noun

  1. plural plural of cg (“center of gravity”)

CGs³

noun

  1. plural plural of CG

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@misc{cgs_2026,
  title = {cgs},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cgs},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}