metergram

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. A practical unit used in describing or specifying the properties of wire or other electrical conductors; a wire one meter long and weighing one gram.

Wiktionary

1. n. A measure of energy or work done; the power exerted in raising one gram through the distance of one meter against gravitation.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. (Mech.) A measure of energy or work done; the power exerted in raising one gram through the distance of one meter against gravitation; 100 gram-centimeters.