Gram (disambiguation)
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Gram
is a unit of measurement of mass. Otherwise, "gram" may refer to:
Gram
The gram is a metric system unit of mass....
is a unit of measurement of mass. Otherwise, "gram" may refer to:
- -gram, the Greek-based suffix meaning "drawing" or "representation."
People
- Zénobe GrammeZénobe GrammeZénobe Théophile Gramme was a Belgian electrical engineer. He invented the Gramme machine, a type of direct current dynamo capable of generating smoother and much higher voltages than the dynamos known to that point.In 1873 he and Hippolyte Fontaine accidentally discovered that the device was...
(1826–1901), Belgian electrical engineer - Jørgen Pedersen GramJørgen Pedersen GramJørgen Pedersen Gram was a Danish actuary and mathematician who was born in Nustrup, Duchy of Schleswig, Denmark and died in Copenhagen, Denmark....
(1850–1916), Danish mathematician and actuary - Hans Christian GramHans Christian GramHans Christian Joachim Gram was a Danish bacteriologist.He was the son of Frederik Terkel Julius Gram, a professor of jurisprudence, and Louise Christiane Roulund....
(1853–1938), Danish scientist who invented Gram stainingGram stainingGram staining is a method of differentiating bacterial species into two large groups .... - Peder GramPeder GramPeder Gram was a Danish composer and organist.Gram was born in Copenhagen and studied at the Leipzig Conservatory under Stephan Krehl, Arthur Nikisch and Hans Sitt. From 1908, he worked as a conductor in Copenhagen and from 1918 to 1932, he led the performances of the Dansk Koncertforening...
(1881–1956), Danish composer and organist - Jason GramJason GramJason Gram is an Australian rules footballer for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League .-AFL career:...
(born 1984), Australian rules footballer
- Gram ParsonsGram ParsonsGram Parsons was an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and pianist. Parsons is best known for his work within the country genre; he also mixed blues, folk, and rock to create what he called "Cosmic American Music"...
(1946–1973), American singer and musician
Mythology and fiction
- Gram (mythology)Gram (mythology)In Norse mythology, Gram is the name of the sword that Sigurd used to kill the dragon Fafnir.It was forged by Wayland the Smith and originally belonged to his father, Sigmund, who received it in the hall of the Volsung after pulling it out of the tree Barnstokk into which Odin had stuck...
, a sword in Norse mythology - Gram of DenmarkGram of DenmarkGram was one of the earliest legendary Danish kings according to Saxo Grammaticus' Gesta Danorum. His history is given in more detail than those of his predecessors...
, a legendary Danish king - Gram (Middle-earth), a King of Rohan from J. R. R. Tolkien's fiction
- Mount Gram (Middle-earth), a fictional place in Tolkien's writings
- Grams: Penny HalliwellPenny HalliwellPenelope Halliwell is a recurring, supporting fictional character from the WB television series Charmed that acts in our world from beyond death....
, grandmother of the Charmed Ones on the WB television series Charmed - The name given to the lance of Gallantmon.
Science and technology
- Gram stainingGram stainingGram staining is a method of differentiating bacterial species into two large groups ....
, a method of distinguishing bacteria; Gram negative or Gram positive distinguish bacterial groups based upon their response to this method. - Gram Commercial A/S, a Danish major applianceMajor applianceA major appliance, or domestic appliance, is usually defined as a large machine which accomplishes some routine housekeeping task, which includes purposes such as cooking, or food preservation, whether in a household, institutional, commercial or industrial setting...
manufacturer. - GRAM domainGRAM domainThe GRAM domain is found in glucosyltransferases, myotubularins and other membrane-associated proteins. The structure of the GRAM domain is similar to that found in PH domains.-Human proteins containing this domain :...
, a domain found in some membrane-associated proteins - Grid Resource Allocation ManagerGrid Resource Allocation ManagerGlobus Resource Allocation Manager is a software component of the Globus Toolkit that can locate, submit, monitor, and cancel jobs on Grid computing resources...
, a component of the Globus Toolkit in grid computing - Gramian matrix, used in mathematics to test for linear independence of functions
- GRAM, Graphic (GPL) Random Access Memory, a variant of Random Access Memory used in the TI-99/4A
- Gramian age, used in geology for a time period in the late MioceneMioceneThe Miocene is a geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about . The Miocene was named by Sir Charles Lyell. Its name comes from the Greek words and and means "less recent" because it has 18% fewer modern sea invertebrates than the Pliocene. The Miocene follows the Oligocene...
in Northern Germany
Agriculture and horticulture
- Gram, from Latin granum (seed) via Portuguese and then languages of the Indian subcontinent, is sometimes used to refer to chickpeaChickpeaThe chickpea is a legume of the family Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae...
s and other pulses- Green gram = Mung beanMung beanThe mung bean is the seed of Vigna radiata. It is native to the Indian subcontinent.-Description:They are small, ovoid in shape, and green in color...
- Bengal gram = ChickpeaChickpeaThe chickpea is a legume of the family Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae...
- Red gram = Pigeon peaPigeon peaThe pigeon pea , also known as tropical green pea, toor dāl or arhar dāl , ತೊಗರಿ ಬೇಳೆ kadios , or Congo pea or gungo pea , pois Congo , gandul , gunga pea, or no-eye pea, [Cajanus...
- Black gram = Urad (bean)Urad (bean)Vigna mungo, known as urad, urad dal, udad dal, urd bean, urd, urid, black matpe bean, black gram, black lentil [not to be confused with the much smaller true black lentil ], maas , đậu đen or white lentil, is a bean grown in southern Asia...
- Horse gramHorse gramHorse Gram is one of the lesser known beans. The whole seeds of horse gram are generally utilized as cattle feed. However, it is consumed as a whole seed, as sprouts, or as whole meal by a large population in rural areas of southern India. Medical uses of these legumes have been discussed...
- Green gram = Mung bean
- It may also refer to a lentilLentilThe lentil is an edible pulse. It is a bushy annual plant of the legume family, grown for its lens-shaped seeds...
- Gram, the abbreviation for the orchid genus GrammatophyllumGrammatophyllumGrammatophyllum, abbreviated in horticultural trade as Gram, is a genus of 11 orchid species. The name is derived from the Greek words 'gramma' and 'phyllon' , referring to the dark markings in the flower...
See also
- Gran (disambiguation)
- Grandmother
- Graham (disambiguation)
- Gramm (disambiguation)