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The unit of → viscosity in the → cgs system, cm² s^-1, equal to 10^-4 m² s^-1.

After Sir George Gabriel Stokes (1819-1903), a British mathematician and physicist, who made important contributions to fluid dynamics, optics, and mathematical physics; → Stokes law; → Stokes parameter.