cgs . . .
dyne-centimeter/second, equivalent to erg/second
mks . . .
watt, equivalent to
joule/second
newton-meter/second
kilogram-meter2/second3
MKS unit of power is "Watt 'W' (1W=1J/s)" CGS unit of power is "egr(cgs unit of work)per second"
The relevant SI bases are MKS.Length: cgs system uses centimetre, MKS uses metre = 100 centimetres. Mass: cgs system uses grams, MKS uses kilogram = 1000 grams. Time: they both use seconds.
The cgs power unit is the erg, a dyne-centimeter.
The centimetre-gram-second system (CGS) is a system of physical units. It is always the same for mechanical units, but there are several variants of electric additions. It was replaced by the MKS, or metre-kilogram-second system, which in turn was replaced by the International System of Units (SI), which has the three base units of MKS plus the ampere, mole, candela and kelvin. from Arun
kg m s-1 in MKS gcms-1 in CGS
MKS unit of power is "Watt 'W' (1W=1J/s)" CGS unit of power is "egr(cgs unit of work)per second"
the mks unit is kg/m cube and the cgs unit is g/cm cube
cgs: centimeter per second2mks: meter per second2
(MKS)or(SI)- joule CGS- erg
The relevant SI bases are MKS.Length: cgs system uses centimetre, MKS uses metre = 100 centimetres. Mass: cgs system uses grams, MKS uses kilogram = 1000 grams. Time: they both use seconds.
The cgs power unit is the erg, a dyne-centimeter.
The centimetre-gram-second system (CGS) is a system of physical units. It is always the same for mechanical units, but there are several variants of electric additions. It was replaced by the MKS, or metre-kilogram-second system, which in turn was replaced by the International System of Units (SI), which has the three base units of MKS plus the ampere, mole, candela and kelvin. from Arun
kg m s-1 in MKS gcms-1 in CGS
CGS is NOT widely used. It was in the past. The only system of measurement that is widely used today is the SI, which is a variety of MKS.
CGS is NOT common nowadays. MKS is common because the SI, the international system of units, is based on it.
In MKS: "meter per second per second" = M/S2. In CGS: "centimeter per second per second" = CM/S2.
No. Unless you consider the CGS and MKS conventions to be different systems...:) See here for an explanation: [See related link "CGS and MKS" below for explanation]