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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)
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