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Definition: Cgs


Part of Speech	Definition
Noun	1. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.[Wordnet].
Source: WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.		Top

"Cgs" is a common misspelling or typo for: cogs, gcs, CVS, cigs, CTS, ecgs, CSG.

Date "Cgs" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references)

Specialty Definition: Cgs

Domain	Definition
Aerospace	1: Centimeter-gram-second. (references)
	2: Centimeter-Gram-Second (abbreviated cm-gm-sec or cm-g-s). The system of measurement that uses these units for distance, mass, and time. (references)
	3: Matera Space Geodesy Center, Italy. (references)
	4: Commercial Ground Station. (references)
Environment	1: Calcine grinding setup. (references)
	2: Centimeter-gram-second. (references)
	3: Committee on Geological Sciences [NAS]. (references)
Military	1: Civil GPS Service. (references)
	2: 1) Common ground station. 2) Continental United States ground station. (references)
	3: CONUS Ground Station. (references)
Physics	Centimeters, Grams, Seconds; see CGS Units. (references)
Technology	1: Common Ground Station. (references)
	2: Commander General Staff. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.			Top

Common Expressions: Cgs

Expressions	Definition
Cgs system	System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.			Top

Specialty Expressions: Cgs

Expressions	Domain	Definition
CGS CONUS	Military	Ground station. (references)
CGS system	Aerospace	A system of units based on the centimeter, the gram, and the second. (references)
Cgs system	Meteorology & Standards	A system in which the centimeter, gram and second are the fundamental units of length, mass and time. Source: European Union. (references)
CGS Units	Physics	1: See also CGS. (references)
		2: System of measurement where the fundamental units are centimeters, grams, and seconds. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.			Top

Abbreviations & Acronyms: Cgs

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
CGS	English	Cedel Global Services	N/A
CGS	French	Chromatographie gaz-solide	Public Administration, Chemistry
CGS	German	Zentimeter-Gramm-Sekunden-System	N/A
CGS	Spanish	Centímetro, gramo, segundo	Meteorology & Standards
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).				Top

Topics by Level of Interest: Cgs
Topics sorted by level of Interest	Level (1=low, 600=high)		Topics sorted Alphabetically	Level (1=low, 600=high)
2007 CGS Draft	28		2007 CGS Draft	28
CGS (alternative meanings)	4		CGS (alternative meanings)	4
Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).

"cgs" is a common misspelling or typo for: cogs, gcs, CVS, cigs, CTS, ecgs, CSG.

Synonym: cgs
Position	Synonym (sorted by strength)
Expression	cgs system.
Source: Eve, based on meta analysis.		Top

Computed Synonyms: cgs

Rank	Intensity	Word	Synonyms	Synonyms of synonym
1	1.1190	cgs	curriculums	programmes, curricula, routines, platforms, bills
Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100.					Top

Computed Expressions: cgs

Rank	Intensity	Expression	Synonyms	Synonyms of synonym
1	1.5589	cgs cost of goods sold	cost of sold goods	cogs
2	1.2281	cgs cost of goods sold	cogs	jags, teeths
Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100.					Top

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