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Decigramme
Decigram \Dec"i*gram\, Decigramme \Dec"i*gramme\, n. [F. d['e]cigramme; pref. d['e]ci- tenth (fr. L. decimus) + gramme.] A weight in the metric system; one tenth of a gram, equal to 1.5432 grains avoirdupois.
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decigramme
n. (context British English) (alternative spelling of decigram English)
Usage examples of "decigramme".
In 1902 I succeeded in preparing a decigramme of chloride of pure radium which gave only the spectrum of the new element, radium.
To offset this, the quantity of radium contained in uranium minerals is scarcely more than three decigrammes of radium to the ton of uranium.
Indeed we know to-day that even in the best minerals there are not more than a few decigrammes of radium in a ton of raw material.