Gram Means Math
This gold bar has a mass of 1 kg.
Gram means math. French gramme from late latin gramma a small weight from greek something written small weight. A metric measure of mass which we feel as weight a paperclip weighs about 1 gram. 1000 grams 1 kilogram. 1000 milligrams 1 gram.
Gram definition a metric unit of mass or weight equal to 15 432 grains. See table at measurement. 1000 kilograms 1 tonne. The given figure shows the arrangement of the metric units which are smaller or bigger than the base unit.
1 kg 1000 grams. A metric unit of mass equal to one thousandth 10 3 of a kilogram. A gram is a unit of mass in the metric system defined as one thousandth 1 x 10 3 of a kilogram. A standard metric unit for measuring mass or weight.
One thousandth of a kilogram. What does gram mean. Metric units mass. However in a reversal of reference and defined units a gram is now defined as one thousandth of the sibase unit the kilogram or 1 10 3kg which itself is defined by the international bureau of weights and measures not in terms of grams but by taking the fixed numerical value of the planck constant hto be 6 62607015 10 34kg m2 s 1.
Originally the gram was defined as a unit equal to the mass of one cubic centimeter of pure water at 4 c the temperature at which water has maximum density. Won numerous awards honors. See gerbh in indo european roots. A metric unit of mass weight.
1 000 grams 1 kilogram. Information and translations of gram in the most comprehensive dictionary definitions resource on the web. 1000 grams 1 kilogram.