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meter-, metro-, metr-, -metrical, -metrically, -metron, -metric, -metrist, -meter, -meters, -metry, -metre
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(Latin: prefix; indicating electromagnetic units of the centimeter-gram-second system)
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abampere centimeter squared, aAcm2
The unit of magnetic moment in the electromagnetic centimeter-gram-second system.
abampere per square centimeter, aA/cm2
The unit of current density in the electromagnetic centimeter-gram-second system.
In the electromagnetic centimeter-gram-second (cgs) system of units, the unit of electric dipole moment.
abcoulomb per cubic centimeter, aC/cm3
The electromagnetic centimeter-gram-second unit of volume density of charge.
abcoulomb per square centimeter, aC/cm2
The electromagnetic centimeter-gram-second unit of surface density of charge, electric polarization, and displacement.
The centimeter-gram-second electromagnetic unit of electric field strength: In his physics class in college, Timothy learned about the advolt per centimetre and what it was applied to.
centimeter-gram-second system, CGS system
A system of measurement based on fundamental units of a centimeter for length, a gram for mass, and a second for time.
Introduced by the British Association for the Advancement of Science in 1874, it was the system commonly used in science for many years, until eventually replaced with the MKS system (meter-kilogram-second system) and then the International System of Units (SI).
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