English abbreviation dictionary - gram
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~ suffix in nouns a message delivered as an amusing surprise (On his birthday we sent him a kissagram (=a girl who was paid to give him a message and kiss him) .) gram also gramme written abbreviation g or gm n the basic unit for measuring weight in the metric system ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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(grams) Note: in BRIT, also use 'gramme' A gram is a unit of weight. One thousand grams are equal to one kilogram. A football weighs about 400 grams. N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. noun Etymology: obsolete Portuguese (now spelled grao), grain, from Latin granum Date: 1702 any of several leguminous plants (as a chickpea) grown especially for their seed; also their seeds II. noun Etymology: French ~me, from Late Latin ~ma, a small weight, from Greek ~mat-, ~ma letter, writing, a small weight, from graphein to write — more at carve Date: 1810 1. a metric unit of mass equal to 1/1000 kilo~ and nearly equal to the mass of one cubic centimeter of water at its maximum density — see metric system table 2. the weight of a ~ under the acceleration of gravity III. noun Etymology: by shortening & alteration Date: circa 1934 grandmother IV. abbreviation ~mar; ~matical GRAM noun combining form Etymology: Latin ~ma, from Greek, from gramma drawing ; writing ; record chronogram telegram ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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comb. form forming nouns denoting a thing written or recorded (often in a certain way) (anagram; epigram; monogram; telegram). Derivatives -grammatic comb. form forming adjectives. Etymology: from or after Gk gramma -atos thing written, letter of the alphabet, f. grapho write GRAM 1. n. (also gramme) a metric unit of mass equal to one-thousandth of a kilogram. Phrases and idioms gram-atom Chem. the quantity of a chemical element equal to its relative atomic mass in grams (see MOLE(4)). gram-equivalent Chem. the quantity of a substance equal to its equivalent weight in grams. gram-molecule Chem. the quantity of a substance equal to its relative molecular mass in grams. Etymology: F gramme f. Gk gramma small weight 2. n. any of various pulses used as food. Etymology: Port. gr|.o f. L granum grain ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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- suffix from telegram, first abstracted 1979, and put to wide use in forming new words, such as stripagram (1981). GRAM - Fr. gramme, from L.L. gramma "small weight," from Gk. gramma "small weight," originally "letter of the alphabet," from stem of graphein "to draw, write." Adopted into Eng. about two years before it was established in Fr. as a unit in the metric system by law of 19 frimaire, year VIII (1799). ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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