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  2. Centimetre–gram–second system of units - Wikipedia

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    For example, the CGS unit of force is the dyne, which is defined as 1 g⋅cm/s 2, so the SI unit of force, the newton (1 kg⋅m/s 2), is equal to 100 000 dynes. On the other hand, in measurements of electromagnetic phenomena (involving units of charge , electric and magnetic fields, voltage , and so on), converting between CGS and SI is less ...

  3. Specific force - Wikipedia

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    It can also be called mass-specific weight (weight per unit mass), as the weight of an object is equal to the magnitude of the gravity force acting on it. The g-force is an instance of specific force measured in units of the standard gravity (g) instead of m/s², i.e., in multiples of g (e.g., "3 g").

  4. Non-contact force - Wikipedia

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    A non-contact force is a force which acts on an object without coming physically in contact with it. [1] The most familiar non-contact force is gravity, which confers weight. [1] In contrast, a contact force is a force which acts on an object coming physically in contact with it. [1] All four known fundamental interactions are non-contact ...

  5. Force - Wikipedia

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    The SI unit of force is the newton (symbol N), which is the force required to accelerate a one kilogram mass at a rate of one meter per second squared, or kg·m·s −2.The corresponding CGS unit is the dyne, the force required to accelerate a one gram mass by one centimeter per second squared, or g·cm·s −2. A newton is thus equal to ...

  6. Body force - Wikipedia

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    A body force is simply a type of force, and so it has the same dimensions as force, [M][L][T] −2. However, it is often convenient to talk about a body force in terms of either the force per unit volume or the force per unit mass. If the force per unit volume is of interest, it is referred to as the force density throughout the system.

  7. Orders of magnitude (force) - Wikipedia

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    Force necessary to synchronize the motion of a single trapped ion with an external signal measured in a 2010 experiment [2] [3] 10 −22: 170 yN Force measured in a 2010 experiment by perturbing 60 beryllium-9 ions [4] [5] 10 −18 attonewton (aN) 10 −17: 30 aN Smallest force of gravity measured [6] [7] 10 −15 femtonewton (fN) 10 −14 ~10 fN

  8. Newton's law of universal gravitation - Wikipedia

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    The theorem tells us how different parts of the mass distribution affect the gravitational force measured at a point located a distance r 0 from the center of the mass distribution: [13] The portion of the mass that is located at radii r < r 0 causes the same force at the radius r 0 as if all of the mass enclosed within a sphere of radius r 0 ...

  9. List of physical constants - Wikipedia

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    The constants listed here are known values of physical constants expressed in SI units; that is, physical quantities that are generally believed to be universal in nature and thus are independent of the unit system in which they are measured. Many of these are redundant, in the sense that they obey a known relationship with other physical ...