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gram

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[ gram ]

noun

  1. a metric unit of mass or weight equal to 15.432 grains; one thousandth of a kilogram. : g


-gram

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  1. a combining form occurring in loanwords from Greek, where it meant “something written,” “drawing” ( epigram; diagram ); on this model, used in the formation of compound words ( oscillogram ).

gram

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[ gram ]

noun

  1. (in the East Indies) the chickpea used as a food for people and cattle.
  2. any of several other beans, as the mung bean, Vigna radiata green gram, or golden gram, or the urd, V. mungo black gram.

-gram

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  1. a combining form of gram 1:

    kilogram.

-gram

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  1. a combining form extracted from telegram, used in the formation of compound words that have the general sense “message, bulletin”:

    culturegram; electiongram; prophecy-gram.

Gram

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[ grahm ]

noun

  1. (in the Volsunga Saga ) the sword of Sigmund, broken by Odin, repaired by Regin, and used again by Sigurd in killing Fafnir.

gram.

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abbreviation for

  1. grammar.
  2. grammarian.
  3. grammatical.

-gram

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combining form

  1. indicating a drawing or something written or recorded

    telegram

    hexagram

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gram.

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abbreviation for

  1. grammar
  2. grammatical
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gram

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/ ɡæ /

noun

  1. a metric unit of mass equal to one thousandth of a kilogram. It is equivalent to 15.432 grains or 0.002 205 pounds g
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gram

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/ ɡæ /

noun

  1. any of several leguminous plants, such as the beans Phaseolus mungo ( black gram or urd ) and P. aureus ( green gram ), whose seeds are used as food in India
  2. the seed of any of these plants
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

gram

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/ ɡɑː /

noun

  1. (in India) a village
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Gram

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/ ä,ă /

  1. Danish bacteriologist who in 1884 developed a method of staining bacteria, called Gram's stain or Gram's dye, that is used to identify and classify bacteria, often from samples of infected body fluids. The classification, called gram-negative or gram-positive, can be useful in the initial selection of antibiotics to treat the infection.

gram

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/ ă /

  1. A unit of mass in the metric system, equal to 0.001 kilogram or 0.035 ounce.
  2. See Table at measurement

gram

  1. The basic unit of measurement for mass in the metric system ; one cubic centimeter of water has a mass of approximately one gram.
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of gram1

1790–1800; < French gramme < Late Latin gramma a small weight < Greek á something drawn, a small weight

Origin of gram2

< Greek -gramma, combining form of á something written or drawn; akin to carve

Origin of gram3

First recorded in 1695–1705; from Portuguese ã, from Latin Գܳ “seed, grain, kernel”; grain

Origin of gram4

From the Old Norse word Gramr literally, angry, evil
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of gram1

from Latin -gramma, from Greek, from gramma letter and ŧ line

Origin of gram2

C18: from French gramme, from Late Latin gramma, from Greek: small weight, from graphein to write

Origin of gram3

C18: from Portuguese gram (modern spelling ã ), from Latin Գܳ grain

Origin of gram4

Hindi
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She said consumers could do so by "looking for special offers, comparing the price per gram or if you can, hold out until Easter Sunday when many of the eggs are likely to be reduced."

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In Burnley, friends will chip in for the £15 to £30 it costs for a gram and share it.

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But a glass of sparkling water contains less than a gram of carbon dioxide – and this will be absorbed in minutes.

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When the synthetic compound was force-fed to rats at doses of 1 gram per kilogram of body weight for two years, the animals developed kidney cancer and other forms of renal disease.

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Most studies in this review gave olive leaf extract as a capsule, with daily doses of 500 milligrams to 5 grams for six to 48 weeks.

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