CGS units

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• CGS — cardiogenic shock; catgut suture; causal genesis syndrome * * * cgs adj, often cap C&G&S of, relating to, or being a system of units based on the centimeter as the unit of length, the gram as the unit of mass, and the second defined as 1/86,400… …   Medical dictionary

• CGS — centimeter gram second [system] * * * cgs adj, often cap C&G&S of, relating to, or being a system of units based on the centimeter as the unit of length, the gram as the unit of mass, and the second defined as 1/86,400 of a mean solar day as the… …   Medical dictionary

• cgs — centimeter gram second [system] * * * cgs adj, often cap C&G&S of, relating to, or being a system of units based on the centimeter as the unit of length, the gram as the unit of mass, and the second defined as 1/86,400 of a mean solar day as the… …   Medical dictionary

• Units of energy — Because energy is defined via work, the SI unit for energy is the same as the unit of work ndash; the joule (J), named in honour of James Prescott Joule and his experiments on the mechanical equivalent of heat. In slightly more fundamental terms …   Wikipedia

• CGS (disambiguation) — CGS is a three letter abbreviation with multiple meanings, as described below: *Centimeter gram second system of units, a system of physical units *Championship Gaming Series *Chief of the General Staff, a senior army appointment in several… …   Wikipedia

• 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

• cgs — abbreviation centimetre gram second (denoting a system of measurement using these as basic units) …   English new terms dictionary

• 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

• Lorentz–Heaviside units — (or Heaviside–Lorentz units) for Maxwell s equations are often used in relativistic calculations. They differ from the equations in CGS units by a factor of sqrt {4 pi} in the definitions of the fields and electric charge. The units are… …   Wikipedia

• European units of measurement directives — European Union directive: Directive 71/354/EEC Units of Measure Directive Made by European Council Made under Art. 100 …   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