A dyne is the unit of force in the CGS (centimeter-gram-second) system; it is equal to 0.00001 newtons (the unit in the MKS or meter-kilogram-second system); it is also equal to approximately 0.22481 pounds of force according to Wikipedia.
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One dyne is equal to exactly 10 µN(micronewtons). Equivalently, the dyne is defined as "the force required to accelerate a massof one gram at a rate of one centimeter per secondsquared":
1 N = 100,000 dyne.
dyne-sec. stands for the unit
One gram is equal to one gram.
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