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Definition of Decagram
1. Noun. 10 grams.
Generic synonyms: Metric Weight Unit, Weight Unit
Terms within: G, Gm, Gram, Gramme
Group relationships: Hectogram, Hg
Definition of Decagram
1. n. A weight of the metric system; ten grams, equal to about 154.32 grains avoirdupois.
Definition of Decagram
1. Noun. (SI-unit deca gram mass) ¹
2. Noun. A ten pointed star. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Decagram
1. dekagram [n -S] - See also: dekagram
Medical Definition of Decagram
1. Ten grams. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Decagram
Literary usage of Decagram
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Elements of Arithmetic, Mental and Written: New Series by Christian Brothers (1900)
"How many grams in a decagram? In a hectogram ? In a kilogram ? 2. ... What part
of a decagram is a decigram ? What part of a kilogram is a decagram ? ..."
2. The Metric system of weights and measures: An Address Delivered Before the by Frederick Augustus Porter Barnard (1879)
"... be supported the plan of the twenty-five franc coin, as being practicable, in
preference to that of the decagram, as being merely theoretical. ..."
3. Surgery by John Allan Wyeth (1908)
"... liter 1 cubic decimeter, or the measure of 1 kilogram of water, centiliter 10
cubic centimeters, or the measure of 1 decagram of water, milliliter 1 ..."
4. A Mental Arithmetic: Based on Analysis and Induction by George Washington Hull (1896)
"... 10 grams = 1 decagram, ... In a hectogram ? 4- Centigrams in a hectogram ?
In a decagram ? •5. ..."
5. The Metric System of Weights and Measures: An Address Delivered Before the by Frederick Augustus Porter Barnard (1872)
"The metrical merits of the proposed decagram coin had been urged on the ...
in which he had claimed for the decagram its perfect conformity to the ( ]ogic ..."
6. Report by British Association for the Advancement of Science (1870)
"A heavy sovereign weighs 8 grams ; a decagram is 10 grams, and in gold is worth 10
... The Ten-gram (decagram) of standard gold= the Victoria=the ..."
7. Education by Project Innovation (Organization) (1883)
"He starts with the decagram for weights. Chalk, cut into pieces weighing from one
... After the decagram the grain is used. These pieces of chalk are also ..."
8. Report of the Annual Meeting (1870)
"Vyd с VICTORIA 1 decagram = 10 grams = 100 ... i rill-') Call, after the analogy
of " Guinea," the prime unit or decagram a Victoria, as it ie the name of a ..."
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