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STHENE

Dictionary entry overview: What does sthene mean?

• STHENE (noun)
The noun STHENE has 1 sense:

1. a unit of force equal to 1000 newtons

Familiarity information: STHENE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• STHENE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A unit of force equal to 1000 newtons

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("sthene" is a kind of...):

force unit (a unit of measurement of physical force)

Meronyms (parts of "sthene"):

N; newton (a unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 m/sec/sec to a mass of 1 kilogram; equal to 100,000 dynes)

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