gram
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Noun (2)grams
- a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogramSynonyms: grammegmgType of metric weight unit, weight unitPart of dekagram, decagramParts obolus, carat
- Danish physician and bacteriologist who developed a method of staining bacteria to distinguish among them (1853-1938)Synonyms: Hans Christian GramHans C. J. GramInstance of bacteriologist
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Translations
Noun unit of mass
- Spanish
- gramo
- French
- gramme
- German
- Gramm
- Italian
- grammo
- Portuguese
- grama
- Russian
- грамм gramm
- Arabic
- غْرَام ḡrām
- Chinese
- 克 kè
- Japanese
- グラム guramu
- Dutch
- gram
26 more languages
- Polish
- gram
- Swedish
- gram
- Greek
- γραμμάριο grammário
- Korean
- 그램 geuraem
- Indonesian
- gram
- Vietnamese
- gam
- Hungarian
- gramm
- Portuguese (PT)
- grama
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 公克 gōngkè
- Albanian
- gram
- Catalan
- gram
- Czech
- gram
- Danish
- gram
- Esperanto
- gramo
- Finnish
- gramma
- Georgian
- გრამი grami
- Hebrew
- גְרַם gram
- Icelandic
- gramm
- Latvian
- grams
- Lithuanian
- gramas
- Norwegian
- gram
- Romanian
- gram
- Scottish Gaelic
- gram
- Serbo-Croatian
- gram
- Swahili
- gramu
- Yiddish
- גראַם gram
The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: AS. gram; akin to E. grim. √35.
Angry. obsolete Havelok, the Dane.
Origin: Pg. grão grain. See Grain.
Botany The East Indian name of the chick-pea (Cicer arietinum) and its seeds; also, other similar seeds there used for food.
Origin: F. gramme, from Gr. γράμμα that which is written, a letter, a small weight, fr. γράφειν to write. See Graphic.
The unit of mass or 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, noun, 4.
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.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54
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