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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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

Merriam Webster's

chiefly British variant of gram II

Merriam Webster's

biographical name Zénobe Théophile 1826-1901 Belgian engineer

Oxford Reference Dictionary

var. of GRAM(1).

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Gramme Gramme, n. Same as Gram the weight.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

see gram