gram \gram\, gramme \gramme\ gra^m, n. f. gramme, from gr.
   gra`mma that which is written, a letter, a small weight, fr.
   gra`fein to write. see graphic.
   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.
   1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster
see also:
graphic. grain gram degree gramme degree gram equivalent 

-gram \-gram\ -gra^m. gr. gra`mma 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.
   1913 webster
see also:
graphic. 

gram \gram\ gra^m, a. as. gram; akin to e. grim. root35.
   angry. obs. --havelok, the dane.
   1913 webster

gram \gram\, n. pg. gr~ao 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
see also:
grain. cicer arietinum 

mung \mung\ mu^ng, n. hind. m=ung. 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.
   1913 webster
see also:
vigna radiata phaseolus aureus phaseolus mungo gram mung bean chinese mung bean 
green-seeded mung bean 

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
see also:
gramme gm g hans c. j. gram 

gram
     
        an extension of bnf used by the sis compiler generator.
     
        "sis - semantics implementation system", p.d. mosses, tr
        daimi md-30, aarhus u, denmark.
     
        1995-01-23
     
     
see also:
bnf sis