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gram

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for gram.

Editorial note

Trans fat content must be expressed as grams per serving to the nearest 0.5-gram increment below 5 grams and to the nearest gram above 5 grams.

Examples15
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A unit of mass equal to one-thousandth of a kilogram. Symbol: g.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of gram gathered in one view.

noun

A unit of mass equal to one-thousandth of a kilogram. Symbol: g.

noun

A leguminous plant grown for its seeds, especially the chickpea.

noun

A surname.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for gram.

noun

A unit of mass equal to one-thousandth of a kilogram. Symbol: g.

noun

A leguminous plant grown for its seeds, especially the chickpea.

noun

A surname.

noun

A town in Denmark.

Example sentences

1

Trans fat content must be expressed as grams per serving to the nearest 0.5-gram increment below 5 grams and to the nearest gram above 5 grams.

2

Caffeine, in particular, can creep up on you pretty quickly - penguin mints are 1/2 gram per tin.

3

Vraxx has some good point (although a rebuttal is that you could just round transfat up to 1 gram unless it's below some very low threshold like 0.001 g).

4

He looked at the average price per gram of Lego in addition to price per piece.

5

The main features are number of n-gram matches with the question, the score, the number of comments, and some other metadata.

6

Comfort (wearing them for hours) is one of my highest priorities and every gram shaved off the headphones adds to comfort.

7

Reference chemicals are sold in sub gram amounts because they are not being consumed.

8

Because fat has 9 calories / gram, carbohydrates have 5 and water has zero.

9

It’s about social inter­ac­tions between the pro­gram­mers or even between your­self spread over time.

10

But those don’t actu­ally occupy that much of the total time spent pro­gram­ming.

11

I ran with the idea and found a version weighted on matched n-gram length gets reasonable results.

12

The n-gram viewer goes back further, but only comes up to 2008.

Quote examples

1

Strictly speaking, Kg is a "kelvin gram".

2

Is "Pound" more like "Newton" than "Gram"?

Proper noun examples

1

<rant> LG recently began to market the Gram, a series of high-end ultrabooks that weigh less than 1000 grams.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use gram in a sentence?

Trans fat content must be expressed as grams per serving to the nearest 0.5-gram increment below 5 grams and to the nearest gram above 5 grams.

What does gram mean?

A unit of mass equal to one-thousandth of a kilogram. Symbol: g.

What part of speech is gram?

gram is commonly used as noun.