Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A unit equal to a million dynes.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Physics) One of the larger measures of force, amounting to one million dynes.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
unit offorce equal to onemillion dynes .
Etymologies
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mega- + dyne
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Examples
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Even the superfast beams from a megadyne force gun require a finite time to reach their target, and it is necessary to fire at the place where the attacking ship will be, not at the position it is occupying at the time of firing.
But, I Don't Think Randall Garrett 1957
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