Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Gram"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

-gram \-gram\ [Gr. ? a thing drawn or written, a letter, fr.
gra`fein to draw, write. See {Graphic.}]
A suffix indicating something drawn or written, a drawing,
writing; -- as, monogram, telegram, chronogram.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Gram \Gram\, a. [AS. gram; akin to E. grim. [root]35.]
Angry. [Obs.] --Havelok, the Dane.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Gram \Gram\, n. [Pg. gr?o grain. See {Grain.}] (Bot.)
The East Indian name of the chick-pea ({Cicer arietinum}) and
its seeds; also, other similar seeds there used for food.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Gram \Gram\, Gramme \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.

{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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

gram
n : a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a
kilogram [syn: {gramme}, {gm}, {g}]


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