A system of measurement units based on centimeters, grams, and seconds for scientific calculations.
Acronym for 'Centimeter-Gram-Second'; developed in the 1870s as a standardized metric system for physics and chemistry.
Scientists switched from CGS to SI units, but CGS never fully disappeared—it's still lurking in physics equations, like a ghost of measurement history.
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