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The unit of force, in the C. G. S. (Centimeter Gram Second) system of physical units; that is, the force which, acting on a gram for a second, generates a velocity of a centimeter per second.

Serving to assuage pain; soothing. The anodyne draught of oblivion. Burke.

A patent anodyne medicine, containing opium, chloroform, Indian hemp, etc.

One of the larger measures of force, amounting to one million dynes.

Anodyne.

A medicine to alleviate pain; an anodyne. [R.]

The pressure of one dyne per square centimeter; -- used as a unit of pressure.

artnership in power; equal share of authority. [Obs.] Beauté ne sleighte, strengthe ne hardyness, Ne may with Venus holde champartye. Chaucer.

king men who were not counted as citizens and had not so much as a vote to serve as an anodyne to their stomachs. G. Eliot.

er's original prescription) with nitrate and sulphate of potash and licorice. It is an anodyne diaphoretic.

The unit of work or energy in the C. G. S. system, being the amount of work done by a dyne working through a distance of one centimeter; the amount of energy expended in moving a body one centimeter against a force of one dyne. One foot pound is equal to 13,560,000 ergs.

ne alkaloid found in opium, possessing strong narcotic properties, and much used as an anodyne; -- called also morphia, and morphina.

Inducing sleep; somniferous; narcotic; hence, anodyne; causing rest, dullness, or inaction; as, the opiate rod of Hermes. Milton.

A medicine that mitigates pain; an anodyne; specifically, camphorated tincture of opium; -- called also paregoric elexir.

y of one foot per second. It is about equal to the weight of half an ounce, and is 13,825 dynes.

d time, and on the density or other properties of some substance, for example, water. See Dyne, Erg, Farad, Ohm, Poundal, etc. -- Unit deme (Biol.), a unit of the inferior order or orders of individuality. -- Unit jar (Elec.), a small, insulated Leyden jar, placed between the electrical machine and a larger jar or ba…