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gram /ˈgræm/
克,菉豆
gram /ˈgræm/ 名詞
克,公分
Gram, n. Bot. The East Indian name of the chick-pea (Cicer arietinum) and its seeds; also, other similar seeds there used for food.
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Gram, Gramme, n. 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.
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.
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gram
n 1: a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a
kilogram [syn: gramme, gm, g]
2: Danish physician and bacteriologist who developed a method
of staining bacteria to distinguish among them (1853-1938)
[syn: Hans C. J. Gram]