gram
1
[ gram ]
/ græm /
noun
a metric unit of mass or weight equal to 15.432 grains; one thousandth of a kilogram. Abbreviation: g
Also
especially British,
gramme.
Origin of gram
1
1790–1800; < French
gramme < Late Latin
gramma a small weight < Greek
grámma something drawn, a small weight
Words nearby gram
Definition for gram (2 of 7)
gram
2
[ gram ]
/ græm /
noun
(in the East Indies) the chickpea used as a food for people and cattle.
any of several other beans, as the mung bean, Vigna radiata (green gram or golden gram), or the urd, V. mungo (black gram).
Origin of gram
2Definition for gram (3 of 7)
Gram
[ grahm ]
/ grɑm /
noun
(in the Volsunga Saga) the sword of Sigmund, broken by Odin, repaired by Regin, and used again by Sigurd in killing Fafnir.
Compare
Balmung.
Origin of Gram
From the Old Norse word
Gramr literally, angry, evil
Definition for gram (4 of 7)
Definition for gram (5 of 7)
-gram
1
a combining form occurring in loanwords from Greek, where it meant “something written,” “drawing” (epigram; diagram); on this model, used in the formation of compound words (oscillogram).
Compare
-graph.
Origin of -gram
1Definition for gram (6 of 7)
Definition for gram (7 of 7)
-gram
3
a combining form extracted from telegram, used in the formation of compound words that have the general sense “message, bulletin”: culturegram; electiongram; prophecy-gram.
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British Dictionary definitions for gram (1 of 5)
gram
1
/ (ɡræm) /
noun
a metric unit of mass equal to one thousandth of a kilogram. It is equivalent to 15.432 grains or 0.002 205 pounds
Symbol: g
Word Origin for gram
C18: from French
gramme, from Late Latin
gramma, from Greek: small weight, from
graphein to write
British Dictionary definitions for gram (2 of 5)
gram
2
/ (ɡræm) /
noun
any of several leguminous plants, such as the beans Phaseolus mungo (black gram or urd) and P. aureus (green gram), whose seeds are used as food in India
the seed of any of these plants
Word Origin for gram
C18: from Portuguese
gram (modern spelling
grão), from Latin
grānum
grain
British Dictionary definitions for gram (3 of 5)
gram
3
/ (ɡrɑːm) /
noun
(in India) a village
Word Origin for gram
Hindi
British Dictionary definitions for gram (4 of 5)
gram.
abbreviation for
grammar
grammatical
British Dictionary definitions for gram (5 of 5)
-gram
n combining form
indicating a drawing or something written or recorded
hexagram; telegram
Word Origin for -gram
from Latin
-gramma, from Greek, from
gramma letter and
grammē line
Medical definitions for gram (1 of 3)
gram
[ grăm ]
n.
A metric unit of mass equal to 15.432 grains, one thousandth (10-3) of a kilogram, or 0.035 ounce.
Medical definitions for gram (2 of 3)
Gram
[ grăm, gräm ]
Danish physician who developed (1884) Gram's stain as a method of distinguishing types of bacteria.
Medical definitions for gram (3 of 3)
-gram
suff.
Something written or drawn; a record:cardiogram.
Scientific definitions for gram (1 of 2)
gram
[ grăm ]
A unit of mass in the metric system, equal to 0.001 kilogram or 0.035 ounce. See Table at measurement.
Scientific definitions for gram (2 of 2)
Gram
[ gräm, grăm ]
Danish bacteriologist who in 1884 developed a method of staining bacteria, called Gram's stain or Gram's dye, that is used to identify and classify bacteria, often from samples of infected body fluids. The classification, called gram-negative or gram-positive, can be useful in the initial selection of antibiotics to treat the infection.
Cultural definitions for gram
gram
The basic unit of measurement for mass in the metric system; one cubic centimeter of water has a mass of approximately one gram.