CGS electrostatic system of units

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• Centimetre–gram–second system of units — CGS redirects here. For other uses, see CGS (disambiguation). The centimetre–gram–second system (abbreviated CGS or cgs) is a metric system of physical units based on centimetre as the unit of length, gram as a unit of mass, and second as a unit… …   Wikipedia

• Centimetre gram second system of units — The centimetre gram second system (CGS) is a system of physical units. It is always the same for mechanical units, but there are several variants of electric additions. It was replaced by the MKS, or metre kilogram second system, which in turn… …   Wikipedia

• Electrostatic units — The electrostatic system of units is a system of units used to measure electrical quantities of electric charge, current, and voltage, within the centimeter gram second (or CGS ) metric system of units. In electrostatic units, electrical charge… …   Wikipedia

• electrostatic units — n. the system of CGS electric and magnetic units that assigns the value of one to the dielectric constant of a vacuum * * * …   Universalium

• electrostatic units — n. the system of CGS electric and magnetic units that assigns the value of one to the dielectric constant of a vacuum …   English World dictionary

• electrostatic unit — noun any of various units of electricity based on forces of interaction between electric charges • Hypernyms: ↑unit of measurement, ↑unit * * * noun : any of a system of electrical units based primarily upon forces of interaction between electric …   Useful english dictionary

• Conversion of units — is the conversion between different units of measurement for the same quantity, typically through multiplicative conversion factors. Contents 1 Techniques 1.1 Process 1.2 Multiplication factors …   Wikipedia

• Metric system — This article is about the metric system in general. For information about specific versions of the system, such as the International System of Units or the cgs system of units, see #Variants. For a generally accessible and less technical… …   Wikipedia

• Planck units — are units of measurement named after the German physicist Max Planck, who first proposed them in 1899. They are an example of natural units, i.e. units of measurement designed so that certain fundamental physical constants are normalized to 1. In …   Wikipedia

• Statcoulomb — The statcoulomb (statC) or franklin (Fr) or electrostatic unit of charge (esu) is the physical unit for electrical charge used in the centimetre gram second (cgs) electrostatic system of units. The SI system of units uses the coulomb (C) instead …   Wikipedia

• stat- —    a prefix indicating that an electrical unit is part of the CGS electrostatic system. These units are also indicated by the notation esu (as in volt esu ). Although these units are defined naturally as part of the CGS system, they are usually… …   Dictionary of units of measurement