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gram
1[ gram ]
noun
- a metric unit of mass or weight equal to 15.432 grains; one thousandth of a kilogram. : g
-gram
2- 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
3[ gram ]
noun
- (in the East Indies) the chickpea used as a food for people and cattle.
- any of several other beans, as the mung bean, Vigna radiata green gram, or golden gram, or the urd, V. mungo black gram.
-gram
4- a combining form of gram 1:
kilogram.
-gram
5- 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
6[ grahm ]
noun
- (in the Volsunga Saga ) the sword of Sigmund, broken by Odin, repaired by Regin, and used again by Sigurd in killing Fafnir.
gram.
7abbreviation for
- grammar.
- grammarian.
- grammatical.
-gram
1combining form
- indicating a drawing or something written or recorded
telegram
hexagram
gram.
2abbreviation for
- grammar
- grammatical
gram
3/ ɡæ /
noun
- 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
gram
4/ ɡæ /
noun
- 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
- the seed of any of these plants
gram
5/ ɡɑː /
noun
- (in India) a village
Gram
1/ ä,ă /
- 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
2/ ă /
- A unit of mass in the metric system, equal to 0.001 kilogram or 0.035 ounce.
- See Table at measurement
gram
- The basic unit of measurement for mass in the metric system ; one cubic centimeter of water has a mass of approximately one gram.
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of gram1
Origin of gram3
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of gram1
Origin of gram2
Origin of gram3
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Example Sentences
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."
In Burnley, friends will chip in for the £15 to £30 it costs for a gram and share it.
But a glass of sparkling water contains less than a gram of carbon dioxide – and this will be absorbed in minutes.
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.
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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