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What is the difference between kilogram and gram?

kilogram | gram |

As nouns the difference between kilogram and gram

is that kilogram is in the International System of Units, the base unit of mass; conceived of as the mass of one liter of water, and now defined as the mass of a specific cylinder of platinum-iridium alloy kept at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures in France. Symbol: kg while gram is a unit of mass equal to one-thousandth of a kilogram. Symbol: g.

As an adjective gram is

angry.

As a proper noun Gram is

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kilogram

English

Alternative forms

* kilogramme

Synonyms

* (l)

Noun

(en noun)
  • In the International System of Units, the base unit of mass; conceived of as the mass of one liter of water, and now defined as the mass of a specific cylinder of platinum-iridium alloy kept at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures in France. Symbol: kg
  • (proscribed) Hence, the unit of weight such that a one-kilogram mass is also a one-kilogram weight.

    • Usage notes

    * (sense) The use of the kilogram as a unit of weight is somewhat imprecise, as weight can change while mass remains constant. The weight of a one-kilogram mass will depend on its location, because the pull of gravity varies from one place to another. It is therefore frequently proscribed, but is nonetheless in wide use (e.g., a person's weight in kilograms). (The same imprecision and proscription also occur with many other words pertaining to weight and mass, such as the verb weigh.)

    See also

    * (wikipedia "kilogram") ----

    gram

    English

    Alternative forms

    * gramme

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) gramme, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A unit of mass equal to one-thousandth of a kilogram. Symbol: g

    • See also

    * kilogram * milligram *

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) . From (etyl) .Chambers Twentieth Century Dictionary. 1976. pp. 566

    Noun

    (-)
  • A group of leguminous plants that are grown for their seeds. pulses.
  • (uncountable) The seeds of these plants.

    • Anagrams

    *

    Etymology 3

    Diminutive of grandmother

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • grandmother

    • Etymology 4

    (etyl), akin to grim.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) angry
  • * Havelok the Dane
    • For he knew, the swike dam, / Euerildel God was him gram .

    Etymology 5

    Noun

    (-)
  • (US)

    • References

    External links

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