gram : Idioms & Phrases

-gram

Etymology

Gr. ? a thing drawn or written, a letter, fr. gra`fein to draw, write. See Graphic.

Definitions

1. A suffix indicating something drawn or written, a drawing, writing; -- as, monogram, telegram, chronogram.

Webster 1913

• noun erect bushy annual widely cultivated in warm regions of India and Indonesia and United States for forage and especially its edible seeds; chief source of bean sprouts used in Chinese cookery; sometimes placed in genus Phaseolus
  mung; Vigna radiata; golden gram; mung bean; Phaseolus aureus.
  

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• noun the quantity of an element whose weight in grams is numerically equal to the atomic weight of the element
  gram atom.
  

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• noun unit of heat defined as the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degree centigrade at atmospheric pressure
  small calorie; calorie.
  

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• (Physics), a unit of heat, being the amount of heat necessary to raise the temperature of one gram of pure water one degree centigrade.

Webster 1913

• (Electrolysis), that quantity of the metal which will replace one gram of hydrogen.

Webster 1913

• noun a staining technique used to classify bacteria; bacteria are stained with gentian violet and then treated with Gram's solution; after being decolorized with alcohol and treated with safranine and washed in water, those that retain the gentian violet are Gram-positive and those that do not retain it are Gram-negative
  Gram stain; Gram method; Gram's method; Gram's procedure.
  

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• noun the molecular weight of a substance expressed in grams; the basic unit of amount of substance adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
  mol; mole.
  

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• noun a staining technique used to classify bacteria; bacteria are stained with gentian violet and then treated with Gram's solution; after being decolorized with alcohol and treated with safranine and washed in water, those that retain the gentian violet are Gram-positive and those that do not retain it are Gram-negative
  Gram stain; Gram method; Gram's method; Gram's procedure.
  

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• noun a staining technique used to classify bacteria; bacteria are stained with gentian violet and then treated with Gram's solution; after being decolorized with alcohol and treated with safranine and washed in water, those that retain the gentian violet are Gram-positive and those that do not retain it are Gram-negative
  Gram stain; Gram method; Gram's method; Gram's procedure.
  

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• noun a staining technique used to classify bacteria; bacteria are stained with gentian violet and then treated with Gram's solution; after being decolorized with alcohol and treated with safranine and washed in water, those that retain the gentian violet are Gram-positive and those that do not retain it are Gram-negative
  Gram stain; Gram method; Gram's method; Gram's procedure.
  

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• noun a solution used in staining bacteria by Gram's method; consists of one part iodine and two parts potassium iodide and 300 parts water
  

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• noun a staining technique used to classify bacteria; bacteria are stained with gentian violet and then treated with Gram's solution; after being decolorized with alcohol and treated with safranine and washed in water, those that retain the gentian violet are Gram-positive and those that do not retain it are Gram-negative
  Gram stain; Gram method; Gram's method; Gram's procedure.
  

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• noun the quantity of an element whose weight in grams is numerically equal to the atomic weight of the element
  gram atom.
  

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• adjective satellite (of bacteria) being of or relating to a bacterium that does not retain the violet stain used in Gram's method
  

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• adjective satellite (of bacteria) being or relating to a bacterium that retains the violet stain used in Gram's method
  

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• noun erect bushy annual widely cultivated in warm regions of India and Indonesia and United States for forage and especially its edible seeds; chief source of bean sprouts used in Chinese cookery; sometimes placed in genus Phaseolus
  mung; Vigna radiata; golden gram; mung bean; Phaseolus aureus.
  

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• noun Danish physician and bacteriologist who developed a method of staining bacteria to distinguish among them (1853-1938)
  Gram.
  

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• noun twining herb of Old World tropics cultivated in India for food and fodder; sometimes placed in genus Dolichos
  horse grain; Dolichos biflorus; poor man's pulse; Macrotyloma uniflorum.
  

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• noun tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods; much cultivated in the tropics
  dahl; dhal; Cajanus cajan; pigeon-pea plant; cajan pea; catjang pea; pigeon pea.
  

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