Definition of Dynes

1. dyne [n] - See also: dyne

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dynes

dynasties
dynasts
dynasty
dynatherm
dynatron
dynatrons
dyne
dynein
dynein atpase
dyneins
dynel
dynels
dyneme
dynemes
dynes (current term)
dyno
dynode
dynodes
dynorphin
dynorphin-converting endopeptidase
dynorphins
dynos
dyon
dyonic
dyons
dyor
dyotropic
dyphylline
dypingite

Literary usage of Dynes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. War Powers Under the Constitution of the United States by William Whiting (1864)
"dynes vs. HOOVER, 20 Howard's SC Rep. 78. The demurrer admits that the court martial was lawfully organized ; that the crime charged was one forbidden by ..."

2. Elementary Treatise on Natural Philosophy: Based on the Traité de Physique by Augustin Privat-Deschanel, Joseph David Everett (1897)
"=9'81 x 105 dynes per sq. 760 mm. of mercury at 0°C. = 1 '014 x 10* dynes per sq. cm., ... T98 GASES, at 0" C. and a pressure of a million dynes per sq. cm. ..."

3. Family Records, Or, Genealogies of the First Settlers of Passaic Valley and by John Littell (1851)
"Abigail married James dynes, cousin of John, and had chil- dren : I.Clarissa dynes: ... Mary, who married John dynes, son of Chamber, and had children : 1. ..."

4. Magnetic Fields of Force: An Exposition of the Phenomena of Magnetism by Hermann Ebert, Charles Vandeleur Burton (1897)
"Measurement of magnetic attractions in dynes by means of the balance. ... Since the weight of a gram is 981 dynes, we obtain at once the value in dynes of ..."

5. A Text-book of Physics: Including a Collection of Examples and Questions by William Watson (1920)
"Two of these forces act in directions inclined at 60° to one another, and their magnitudes are 40 dynes and 30 dynes respectively. ..."

6. A Dictionary of Electrical Words, Terms and Phrases by Edwin James Houston (1903)
"Weight of i grain = 63.57 dynes, nearly. I ounce avoirdupois = 2.78 X 1°' dynes, ... I pound per square foot = 479 dynes per square centimetre, nearly. ..."

7. Indiana and Indianans: A History of Aboriginal and Territorial Indiana and by Jacob Piatt Dunn (1919)
"This was true of Mr. dynes. His favorite playground as ... Mr. dynes is a native of Indianapolis, where he was born September 8, 1872, a son of Leonidas G. ..."

8. Theoretical Elements of Electro-dynamic Machinery by Arthur Edwin Kennelly (1893)
"It shows that when the straight wire is not perpendicular to the flux, but is inclined to this at an angle B, the pull is reduced to CB sino dynes per cm. ..."

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