A unit of measure for dynamical effect or work; a foot pound. See Foot pound.
d[=i]'nam, n. a unit of work, a foot-pound: the resultant of all the forces acting on a body.
In physics, a unit of dynamic force, being that which, applied to a unit of matter, communicates to it an acceleration of one centimeter in a second.
[Gr., power.] A unit, sometimes used for measuring the rate at which an agent does work, viz. the work done when a kilogramme is moved against gravity through one metre in a second of time. 76 dynams = 1 horse-power.