gramme

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Noun

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun gramme has 1 sense

gramme(n = noun.quantity) g, gm, gram - a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram; Array

is a kind of metric weight unit, weight unit

has parts: obolus, carat

is a part of dag, decagram, dekagram, dkg

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CIDE DICTIONARY

gramme, 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]

Gram degree, or Gramme degree (Physics), a unit of heat, being the amount of heat necessary to raise the temperature of one gram of pure water one degree centigrade. -- Gram equivalent (Electrolysis), that quantity of the metal which will replace one gram of hydrogen.

gramme, n.

Same as Gram the weight. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

gramme, var. of GRAM(1).

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