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1810
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
HEC'TOGRAM, n. [Gr. a hundred; and a gram.] In the French system of weights and measures, a weight containing a hundred grams; equal to 3 ounces, 2 gros, and 12 grains, French.
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)
n
1: 100 grams [syn: hectogram, hg]
Merriam Webster's
noun Etymology: French hectogramme, from hect- + gramme gram Date: 1810 — see metric system table
Oxford Reference Dictionary
n. (also hectogramme) a metric unit of mass, equal to one hundred grams.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Hectogram Hec"to*gram, n. [F. hectogramme, fr. Gr. ? hundred + F. gramme a gram.] A measure of weight, containing a hundred grams, or about 3.527 ounces avoirdupois.
