 7 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
gram
noun
1: a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a
kilogram [syn: {gramme}, {gm}, {g}]
2: Danish physician and bacteriologist who developed a method
of staining bacteria to distinguish among them (1853-1938)
[syn: {Hans C. J. Gram}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
-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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Gram \Gram\, adjective [AS. gram; akin to E. grim. [root]35.]
Angry. [Obs.] --Havelok, the Dane.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Gram \Gram\, noun [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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Gram \Gram\, Gramme \Gramme\, noun [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}, noun, 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 Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Mung \Mung\ (m[u^]ng), noun [Hind. m[=u]ng.] (Bot.)
Green gram, a kind of legume (pulse) ({Vigna radiata} syn.
{Phaseolus aureus}, syn. {Phaseolus Mungo}), grown for food
in British India; called also {gram}, {mung bean}, {Chinese
mung bean}, and {green-seeded mung bean}. It is an erect,
bushy annual producing edible green or yellow seeds, and
edible pods and young sprouts. --Balfour (Cyc. of India).
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [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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