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gram
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun gram has 2 senses
- gram(n = noun.quantity) g, gm, gramme - a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram; Array is a kind of metric weight unit, weight unit
- gram(n = noun.person) hans c. j. gram - Danish physician and bacteriologist who developed a method of staining bacteria to distinguish among them (1853-1938); Array is a kind of bacteriologist
has parts: obolus, carat
is a part of dag, decagram, dekagram, dkg
CIDE DICTIONARY
gram, a. [AS. gram; akin to E. grim.
Angry. Havelok, the Dane. [1913 Webster]
gram, n. [Pg. gr?o grain. See Grain.].
The East Indian name of the chick-pea (Cicer arietinum ) and its seeds; also, other similar seeds there used for food.
gram, n. [F. gramme, from Gr. ? that which is written, a letter, a small weight, fr. ? to write. See Graphic.].
The unit of weight in the metric system. It was intended to be exactly, and is very nearly, equivalent to the weight in a vacuum of one cubic centimeter of pure water at its maximum density. It is equal to 15.432 grains. See Grain, n. , 4. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
gram, n. (also gramme) a metric unit of mass equal to one-thousandth of a kilogram.
Idiom
gram-atom Chem. the quantity of a chemical element equal to its relative atomic mass in grams (see MOLE(4)). gram-equivalent Chem. the quantity of a substance equal to its equivalent weight in grams. gram-molecule Chem. the quantity of a substance equal to its relative molecular mass in grams.
gram, n. any of various pulses used as food.
Etymology
Port. gr|.o f. L granum grain
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Gravity
N gravity, gravitation, weight, heaviness, specific gravity, pondorosity, pressure, load, burden, burthen, ballast, counterpoise, lump of, mass of, weight of, lead, millstone, mountain, Ossa on Pelion, weighing, ponderation, trutination, weights, avoirdupois weight, troy weight, apothecaries' weight, grain, scruple, drachma, ounce, pound, lb, arroba, load, stone, hundredweight, cwt, ton, long ton, metric ton, quintal, carat, pennyweight, tod, gram, centigram, milligram, microgram, kilogram, nanogram, picogram, femtogram, attogram, balance, scale, scales, steelyard, beam, weighbridge, spring balance, piezoelectric balance, analytical balance, two-pan balance, one-pan balance, postal scale, baby scale, statics, weighty, weighing, heavy as lead, ponderous, ponderable, lumpish, lumpy, cumbersome, burdensome, cumbrous, unwieldy, massive, incumbent, superincumbent.
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