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Definition of Gramme

1. Noun. A metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram.

Definition of Gramme

1. n. Same as Gram the weight.

Definition of Gramme

1. Noun. (British dated) gram (''unit of mass'') ¹

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Definition of Gramme

1. gram [n -S] - See also: gram

Medical Definition of Gramme

1. 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. Gram degree, or Gramme degree, 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, that quantity of the metal which will replace one gram of hydrogen. Origin: F. Gramme, from Gr. ? that which is written, a letter, a small weight, fr. ? to write. See Graphic. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gramme

Literary usage of Gramme

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Journal of Experimental Medicine by Rockefeller University, Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1897)
"0.5440 gramme barium salt (of the same preparation) lost by 110° C. 0.0353 gramme HaO, and gave 0.4670 gramme BaSO.. III. 0.5800 gramme (of the same ..."

2. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1874)
"0-0032 gramme chlorine. The whole quantity (225 cub. ... of ice therefore contained O'Ol 17 gramme chlorine, or, on an average, 0-0520 gramme per litre. ..."

3. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"Taking the centimetre, gramme, and second as our fundamental unite, the most convenient unit of force is that which, acting on a gramme for a second, ..."

4. A Text Book of the Principles of Physics by Alfred Daniell (1895)
"The gramme - equiva 1 ent of a metal is that quantity which will chemically ... The gramme-equivalent of a salt-radicle or halogen is that quantity which ..."

5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1895)
"heat of evaporation of a gramme of water at ordinary pressure, by Joly; (3) the latent heat of fusion of a gramme of ice, by Pickering. ..."

6. A Course in Electrical Engineering by Chester Laurens Dawes (1920)
"gramme-ring winding. machines, there is not sufficient room to carry these ... In a gramme-ring winding formed coils cannot be used and this makes the ..."

7. Metabolism and Practical Medicine by Karl Harko von Noorden, Carl von Noorden, Isaac Walker Hall (1907)
"Loewi observed a variation from 0-267 to 0-465 gramme of uric acid nitrogen ... Moraczewski found 0-157 gramme (average of six days), Mohr and Salomon (118) ..."

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