'Gram' definitions:
Definition of 'gram'
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noun
noun
Danish physician and bacteriologist who developed a method of staining bacteria to distinguish among them (1853-1938) [syn: Gram, Hans C. J. Gram]
Definition of 'Gram'
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- Gram \Gram\ (gr[a^]m), a. [AS. gram; akin to E. grim. [root]35.] Angry. [Obs.] --Havelok, the Dane. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Gram'
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- Gram \Gram\, n. [Pg. gr[~a]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. Gram
Definition of 'Gram'
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- Gram \Gram\, Gramme \Gramme\ (gr[a^]m), n. [F. gramme, from Gr. gra`mma that which is written, a letter, a small weight, fr. gra`fein to write. See Graphic.] The unit of mass or 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'gram'
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- Mung \Mung\ (m[u^]ng), n. [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). [1913 Webster]