Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A metric unit of mass equal to 100 grams.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In the metric system, a weight of 100 grams, or 1,543.2349 grains.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A measure of weight, containing a hundred grams, or about 3.527 ounces avoirdupois.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun metrology An
SI unit of mass equal to 102grams .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun 100 grams
Etymologies
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hecto- + gram.
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