Definition:CGS

Definition
CGS is the centimeter-gram-second standard system of units of measurement.

This system is rarely used nowadays, the SI units having largely taken over.

Dyne
The dyne is the CGS unit of force:
 * $1 \ \mathrm{dyn} = 1 \ \mathrm g \ \mathrm{cm} \ \mathrm s^{-2}$

Also see

 * Metric Scaling Prefixes