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English Dictionary: gram	by the DICT Development Group
6 results for gram
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gram n a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram Synonym(s): gram, gramme, gm, g Danish physician and bacteriologist who developed a method of staining bacteria to distinguish among them (1853-1938) Synonym(s): Gram, Hans C. J. Gram
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 The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [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)