centimetre-gram-second
nounEtymology From centimetre + gram + second. From the basis units of this version of the metric system.
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Sciences 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.
- Synonyms
- CGS, cgs
- Derived terms
- CGS, cgs
- Related terms
- metre-kilogram-second, metre-tonne-second
- Hypernyms
- metric system
- Coordinate terms
- SI, mks, MTS