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dyne

  • /dʌɪn/ UK
  • /daɪn/ US

Sounds like dine · Rhymes with -aɪn

Where it comes from

From the French dyne, from the Ancient Greek δῠ́νᾰμῐς (dŭ́nămĭs, “force”).

noun dynes

  1. A unit of force in the CGS system; the force required to accelerate a mass of one gram by one centimetre per second per second. Symbol: dyn.

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noun unit of force

Españoldina
日本語ダイン dain
Ελληνικάδύνη dýni
Русскийди́на dína

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"dyne." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/dyne. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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dyne. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/dyne

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"dyne." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/dyne.

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@misc{dyne_2026,
  title = {dyne},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dyne},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}