dyne
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the French dyne, from the Ancient Greek δῠ́νᾰμῐς (dúnamis, “force”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- enPR: dīn
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /dʌɪn/
- (General American) IPA(key): /daɪn/
- Rhymes: -aɪn
- Homophone: dine
Noun[edit]
dyne (plural dynes)
- A unit of force in the CGS system; the force required to accelerate a mass of one gram by one centimetre per second per second. Symbol: dyn.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
Further reading[edit]
References[edit]
- “dyne” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]
Anagrams[edit]
Danish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse dýna, related to dúnn (“down”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
dyne c (singular definite dynen, plural indefinite dyner)
Declension[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- English: doona
References[edit]
- “dyne” in Den Danske Ordbog
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek δύναμις (dúnamis).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
dyne f (plural dynes)
Further reading[edit]
- “dyne”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Verb[edit]
dyne
- Alternative form of dynen
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
dyne
- Alternative form of dynne
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Norse dýna, related to dun (“down”).
Noun[edit]
dyne f or m (definite singular dyna or dynen, indefinite plural dyner, definite plural dynene)
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From Middle Low German [Term?] or Middle Dutch dūne.
Noun[edit]
dyne m (definite singular dynen, indefinite plural dyner, definite plural dynene)
- a dune
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “dyne” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Norse dýna, related to dun (“down”).
Noun[edit]
dyne f (definite singular dyna, indefinite plural dyner, definite plural dynene)
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From Middle Low German or Middle Dutch dūne.
Noun[edit]
dyne f (definite singular dyna, indefinite plural dyner, definite plural dynene)
- a dune
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “dyne” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-West Germanic *duni.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
dyne m
Declension[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- English terms derived from French
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- en:Units of measure
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- fr:Physics
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- nb:Bedding
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- nn:Bedding
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