centimeter-gram-second
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centimeter + gram + second. From the basis units of this version of the metric system.
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centimeter-gram-second (uncountable)
- (sciences) A system of units formerly used in physics (now replaced by the SI system), in which the basic units of length, mass and time were respectively centimeter, gram, and second.
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system of units
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