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⚖️ A gram 🌱 Genetically modified
gm

gm

355 2.0
A unit of weight in the metric system equal to one thousandth of a kilogram
  • noun
  • /dʒiː ɛm/
translation icon : gramo
  • We need to measure the weight of the fish in gm for the competition.

Examples

  • The package contains 500 gm of rice per bag.

  • So C is equal to two GM over R to the one half power.

  • Is equal to GM over the distance.

  • Given the trend towards more fuel-efficient cars, GM must show it can profit from smaller models.

    Academic text (2011)

  • According to Smith, GM began to make plants more standardized and flexible years before Ford.

    Academic text (2011)

  • By 2008, the year before GM declared bankruptcy, it was down to 92,000.

    Academic text (2011)

  • Now, after decades of wrestling with manufacturing issues, GM has righted itself.

    Academic text (2011)

  • GM's spokesman, Dave Barthmuss, has worked for GM for nearly 10 years.

    Who Killed the Electric Car? (2006)

  • Art Schwartz, who rose to become GM's general director of labor relations, recalls one incident from 1986.

    Academic text (2011)

  • Like a classic tragedy, GM's fall involved success and a fatal flaw: arrogance.

    Academic text (2011)

Synonyms

gram
vsgm
  • Specialized
268 1.0

A small unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram

is written as a short abbreviation instead of the full word
g
vsgm
1.0

A unit of mass equal to one thousandth of a kilogram

is written as a two-letter abbreviation rather than a single letter

Surface Forms

gm singular
gms plural

Etymology

Gm is short for gram, from a Greek word that means 'small weight'. That's why a gram is a very small measure and one gram is one 'thousandth' of a kilogram, because kilo- means 'thousand'.