electrostatic system of units
1Centimetre–gram–second system of units — CGS redirects here. For other uses, see CGS (disambiguation). The centimetre–gram–second system (abbreviated CGS or cgs) is a metric system of physical units based on centimetre as the unit of length, gram as a unit of mass, and second as a unit… …
2Centimetre gram second system of units — The centimetre gram second system (CGS) is a system of physical units. It is always the same for mechanical units, but there are several variants of electric additions. It was replaced by the MKS, or metre kilogram second system, which in turn… …
3Electrostatic units — The electrostatic system of units is a system of units used to measure electrical quantities of electric charge, current, and voltage, within the centimeter gram second (or CGS ) metric system of units. In electrostatic units, electrical charge… …
4electrostatic — adj. of electricity at rest. Phrases and idioms: electrostatic units a system of units based primarily on the forces between electric charges. Etymology: ELECTRO + STATIC after hydrostatic …
5electrostatic units — (esu) a system of units based on the fundamental definition of a unit charge as one which will repel an equal and like charge with a force of one dyne when the two charges are 1 cm apart in a vacuum …
6electrostatic unit — /əˌlɛktroʊstætɪk ˈjunət/ (say uh.lektrohstatik yoohnuht) noun a unit in a system of units, within the c.g.s. system, based on the unit of charge, which is defined as that quantity of electricity which will repel an equal quantity 1 cm distant… …
7electrostatic units — n. the system of CGS electric and magnetic units that assigns the value of one to the dielectric constant of a vacuum * * * …
8electrostatic units — n. the system of CGS electric and magnetic units that assigns the value of one to the dielectric constant of a vacuum …
9electrostatic unit — n any of a system of electrical units based primarily on forces of interaction between electric charges abbr. esu …
10electrostatic unit — system of electrical units …
