gram
gram is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Angry. [Obs.] Havelok, the Dane.
- 2.The East Indian name of the chick-pea (Cicer arietinum) and its seeds; also, other similar seeds there used for food.
- 3.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, n., 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.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- analytical
- arroba
- avoirdupois
- baby
- balance
- ballast
- beam
- burden
- burdensome
- burthen
- carat
- centigram
- counterpoise
- cumber
- cumbersome
- cumbrous
- drachma
- grain
- gravitate
- gravitation
- gravity
- heaviness
- heavy
- hundredweight
- incumbent
- kilogram
- lead
- load
- long
- lump
- lumpish
- lumpy
- mass
- massive
- metric
- milligram
- millstone
- mountain
- ounce
- pennyweight
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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