Cgs

Short-hand notation for centimeter-gram-second, cgs is a unit system closely related to SI units. The units of cgs are as follows:

quantity	unit	abbreviation	base unit defintion	equivalent SI unit
length	centimeter	cm		meter
mass	gram	g		kilogram
time	second	sec		second

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force: 1 (gram)(centimeter)(second)^-2 = 1 dyne

energy: erg = dyne*meter

power: erg/sec

charge: esu = &radic(g*cm³sec^-2

electric potential = statvolt (erg/esu)

electric field: statvolt/cm = 1 dyne/esu

magnetic field: gauss = oersted = statvolt/cm = dyne/esu

magnetic flux: gauss*cm²

pressure = (? can't recall the name?)

resistance = sec/cm

resistivity = sec

Capacitance = cm

inductance = sec²/cm

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