Gram
[ɡræm]
Definition
(noun.) Danish physician and bacteriologist who developed a method of staining bacteria to distinguish among them (1853-1938).
(noun.) a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram.
Edited by Eileen--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Angry.
(n.) The East Indian name of the chick-pea (Cicer arietinum) and its seeds; also, other similar seeds there used for food.
(n.) Alt. of Gramme
Inputed by Darlene
Definition
n. (Rossetti) misery.—Also Grame.
n. a word used in commerce for chick peas exported from British India.
Typed by Betsy
Examples
- Curie that the energy of one gram of radium would suffice to lift a weight of five hundred tons to a height of one mile. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The amount of heat necessary to melt 1 gram of ice is easily calculated. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
Inputed by Elliot