Quoc: In measurements of purely mechanical systems (involving units of length, mass, force, energy, pressure, and so on), the differences between CGS and SI are straightforward and rather trivial; the unit-conversion factors are all powers of 10 as 100 cm = 1 m and 1000 g = 1 kg. For example, the CGS unit of force is the dyne which is defined as 1 g cm / s, so the SI unit of force, the newton (1 kg m / s), is equal to 100,000 dynes.

The unit of force in cgs unit is?
HW Chung: OK, some thoughts:
To answer the question, consider the following: For example, the CGS unit of force is the dyne which is defined as 1 g cm / s, so the SI unit of force, the newton (1 kg m / s), is equal to 100,000 dynes. The answer is dyne.