Usually means: Centimeter-gram-second system of units.
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General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. cgs: Merriam-Webster
  2. CGS, cgs: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. cgs: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. CGS: Collins English Dictionary
  5. cgs: Vocabulary.com
  6. CG's, CGs: Wordnik
  7. CGS, cgs: Wiktionary
  8. CGS: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. cgs: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. c.g.s, cgs: Dictionary.com
  11. CGS (disambiguation), CGS, Cgs: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. c.g.s: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. cgs: Rhymezone
  14. CGS, cgs: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  15. cgs: FreeDictionary.org
  16. cgs: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. cgs: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. cgs: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. cgs: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. c.g.s, cgs: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. CGS: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Science (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. Misunderstood Physics Terms (No longer online)
  2. CGS: Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics
  3. cgs: Eric Weisstein's World of Physics
  4. cgs: Physic and Astronomy Glossary
  5. CGS: A Dictionary of Quaternary Acronyms and Abbreviations

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. cgs: Urban Dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. CGS: GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS, CARTOGRAPHY, AND REMOTE SENSING
  2. DOD Dictionary of Military Terms: Joint Acronyms and Abbreviations (No longer online)

(Note: See cgss as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Cgs)

noun:  (physics) Initialism of centimetre-gram-second; a system of measurement taking these as its fundamental units, now replaced by the SI system. [(sciences) A system of units formerly used in physics (now replaced by the SI system), in which the basic units of length, mass and time were respectively centimetre, gram, and second.]
noun:  Initialism of Canadian Government Ship.
noun:  (cultural anthropology) Initialism of cultural group selection.
noun:  Initialism of contiguous gene syndrome.
noun:  Alternative form of CGS

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