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| A3 |
abbreviation of "angstrom" or "angstroms," a unit of length equal to one hundred-millionth of a centimeter, used in measuring light waves. |
| angstrom |
(often cap.) a unit of length equal to one hundred-millionth of a centimeter, used in measuring light waves; angstrom unit. (abbr.: A, A.U.) |
| bar2 |
a unit of pressure equal to one million dynes per square centimeter. |
| candela |
the basic unit of intensity of light, equal to one sixtieth of the intensity of one square centimeter of a radiating body at the temperature of solidification of platinum; new candle. |
| cc1 |
abbreviation of "cubic centimeter" or "cubic centimeters." |
| centimeter-gram-second |
of or concerning the system of measurement in which the centimeter, gram, and second are the basic units of length, mass, and time. |
| cm |
abbreviation of "centimeter," or "centimeters," a unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter or 0.3937 inch. |
| cubic measure |
a system of measurement of volume in which 1,728 cubic inches equal one cubic foot and 1,000 cubic millimeters equal one cubic centimeter. |
| dyne |
a unit of force equal to the amount of force necessary to give a mass of one gram an acceleration of one centimeter per second per second. |
| erg1 |
a unit of energy equal to the work done by one dyne moving through a distance of one centimeter, or to 10-7 joule. |
| gauss |
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one maxwell or line of magnetic flux per square centimeter. |
| langley |
a unit of illumination used for measuring solar radiation, equal to one small calorie per square centimeter. |
| maxwell |
a unit of magnetic flux equal to the flux through one square centimeter normal to a magnetic field of one gauss. |
| mil1 |
formerly, a milliliter or cubic centimeter. [1/2 definitions] |
| millibar |
a unit of atmospheric pressure equal to one thousandth of a bar or one thousand dynes per square centimeter. |
| roentgen |
a unit of x-radiation or gamma radiation equal to the amount that produces, in 0.001293 gram or one cubic centimeter of dry air at zero degree Celsius and standard atmospheric pressure, one electrostatic unit of electricity. |
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