A metric unit of mass One U S ounce equals 28 4 grams; one U S pound equals 454 grams There are 1000 milligrams (mg) in one gram
A unit of weight in the metric system There are 28 grams in 1 ounce In some diet plans for people with diabetes, the suggested amounts of food are given in grams
In metric units the weight of one cubic centimeter of water at 20 degrees Celsius and 1 atm
Metric unit of weight equal to 0 035 ounces One kilogram is equivalent to 1,000 grams, and one pound equals 453 6 grams
Danish physician and bacteriologist who developed a method of staining bacteria to distinguish among them (1853-1938)
(g) The basic unit of weight (mass) of the metric system, originally intended to be the weight of one cubic centimeter of water at 4oC
gram grams in BRIT, also use gramme A gram is a unit of weight. One thousand grams are equal to one kilogram. A football weighs about 400 grams. A metric unit of mass equal to one thousandth (10-) of a kilogram. See table at measurement. A grandmother. the basic unit for measuring weight in the metric system (gramme, from gramma , from graphein ). Unit of mass or weight used especially in the centimetre-gram-second (CGS) system of measurement. One gram is equal to 0.001 kg, about 0.035 oz, or 15.43 grains. The gram is very nearly equal to the mass of 1 cc of pure water at its maximum density. The gram of force is equal to the weight of a gram of mass under standard gravity. For greater precision, the mass may be weighed at a point at which the acceleration due to gravity is 980.655 cm/sec^2. See also gravitation; metric system
a unit of weight in the metric system An ounce equals 28 grams In some meal plans for people with diabetes, the suggested amounts of food are given in grams
A unit of measurement in the metric system The gram (g) measures mass, and is about the weight of a cubic centimeter of water