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–noun

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

Also, especially British, gramme.

[Origin: 1790–1800; < F gramme < LL gramma a small weight < Gk grámma something drawn, a small weight

]

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–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).

[Origin: 1695–1705; < Pg grão < L grānum grain

]

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

Compare Balmung.

[Origin: < ON Gramr lit., angry, evil

]

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grammar.

2.	grammarian.

3.	grammatical.

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n. Abbr. g or gm. or gr.
A metric unit of mass equal to one thousandth (10^-3) of a kilogram. See Table at measurement.

[French gramme, from Late Latin gramma, a small weight, from Greek, something written, small weight; see gerbh- in Indo-European roots.]

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n.

Any of several plants, such as the chickpea, bearing seeds widely used as food in tropical Asia.
The seeds of such a plant.

[Obsolete Portuguese, from Latin grānum, seed; see gə-no- in Indo-European roots.]

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n. Informal
A grandmother.

[Shortening and alteration of gramma¹ or grandmother.]

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1797, from Fr. gramme, from L.L. gramma "small weight," from Gk. gramma "small weight," originally "letter of the alphabet," from stem of graphein "to draw, write." Adopted into Eng. about two years before it was established in Fr. as a unit in the metric system by law of 19 frimaire, year VIII (1799).

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noun
1.	a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram
2.	Danish physician and bacteriologist who developed a method of staining bacteria to distinguish among them (1853-1938)

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gram(me) [grӕm] noun

the basic unit of weight in the metric system

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

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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.

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

[Chapter:] Physical Sciences and Mathematics

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n.
Abbr. g, gm., gr.

A metric unit of mass equal to 15.432 grains, one thousandth (10-³) of a kilogram, or 0.035 ounce.

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Something written or drawn; a record: cardiogram.

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Main Entry: gram
Variant: or chiefly British gramme /'gram/
Function: noun
1 : a metric unit of mass equal to ¹/₁₀₀₀ kilogram and nearly equal to the mass of one cubic centimeter of water at its maximum density —abbreviation g
2 : the weight of a gram under standard gravity

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An extension of BNF used by the SIS compiler generator.
["SIS - Semantics Implementation System", P.D. Mosses, TR DAIMI MD-30, Aarhus U, Denmark].
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Cen"ti*gram\, Centigramme \Cen"ti*gramme\, n. [F. centigramme; centi- (L. centum) + gramme. See Gram.] The hundredth part of a gram; a weight equal to .15432 of a grain. See Gram.

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Cen"ti*gram\, Centigramme \Cen"ti*gramme\, n. [F. centigramme; centi- (L. centum) + gramme. See Gram.] The hundredth part of a gram; a weight equal to .15432 of a grain. See Gram.

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Gram

C. G. S.\ An abbreviation for Centimeter, Gram, Second. -- applied to a system of units much employed in physical science, based upon the centimeter as the unit of length, the gram as the unit of weight or mass, and the second as the unit of time.

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