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What's The Definition Of Gram?

\-gram\ [Gr. ? a thing drawn or written, a letter, fr. gra`fein to draw, write. See {Graphic.}] A suffix indicating something drawn or written, a drawing, writing; -- as, monogram, telegram, chronogram.
\Gram\, a. [AS. gram; akin to E. grim. [root]35.] Angry. [Obs.] --Havelok, the Dane.
\Gram\, n. [Pg. gr?o grain. See {Grain.}] (Bot.) The East Indian name of the chick-pea ({Cicer arietinum}) and its seeds; also, other similar seeds there used for food.
\Gram\, Gramme \Gramme\, n. [F. gramme, from Gr. ? that which is written, a letter, a small weight, fr. ? to write. See {Graphic.}] 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.