6 definitions found
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 1.6 [wn]:
gram
n : a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a
kilogram [syn: {gramme}, {gm}, {g}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]:
GRAM
An extension of {BNF} used by the {SIS} compiler generator.
["SIS - Semantics Implementation System", P.D. Mosses, TR
DAIMI MD-30, Aarhus U, Denmark].
(1995-01-23)
more about gram
browse words by letter
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
j
k
l
m
n
o
p
q
r
s
t
u
v
w
x
y
z
or search
thesauri
dictionary
search words
|
Lake Atitlan, Guatemala
|
