What is "gram"

Mung \Mung\ (m[u^]ng), n. [Hind. m[=u]ng.] (Bot.) Green gram, a kind of legume (pulse) ( Vigna radiata syn. Phaseolus aureus, syn. Phaseolus Mungo), grown for food in British India; called also gram, mung bean, Chinese mung bean, and green-seeded mung bean. It is an erect, bushy annual producing edible green or yellow seeds, and edible pods and young sprouts.
--Balfour (Cyc. of India).

metric unit of weight," 1797, from French gramme (18c.), from Late Latin gramma "small weight," from Greek gramma "small weight," originally "letter of the alphabet," from stem of graphein "to draw, write" (see -graphy). Adopted into English about two years before it was established in France as a unit in the metric system by law of 19 frimaire, year VIII (1799).

Etymology 1 n. A unit of mass equal to one-thousandth of a kilogram. Symbol: g Etymology 2

n. 1 A group of leguminous plants that are grown for their seeds. pulses. 2 (context uncountable English) The seeds of these plants. Etymology 3

n. grandmother Etymology 4

a. (context obsolete English) angry Etymology 5

n. (a: US) (misspelling of graham English)

1. n. 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]

Gram is a unit of measurement of mass.

Gram may also refer to:

In Norse mythology, Gram, ( Old Norse Gramr, meaning Wrath) is the sword that Sigurd used to kill the dragon Fafnir. It is primarily used by the Volsungs in the Volsunga Saga. However, it is also seen in other legends, such as the Thidrekssaga wielded by Hildebrand. In modern times fantasy writers have paid homage to it by naming magical swords after it, thereby greatly increasing its renown.

The gram (alternative British English spelling: gramme; SI unit symbol: g) (Greek/Latin root grámma) is a metric system unit of mass. Gram can be abbreviated as gm or g.

Originally defined as "the absolute weight of a volume of pure water equal to the cube of the hundredth part of a metre, and at the temperature of melting ice" (later 4 °C), a gram is now defined as one one-thousandth of the SI base unit, the kilogram, or 1×10 kg, which itself is defined as being equal to the mass of a physical prototype preserved by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures.

Gram is a town with a population of 2,526 (2016), in Haderslev Municipality in Denmark on the southern part of the Jutland peninsula in Region of Southern Denmark. It is the location of Gram Castle.