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decigram

[ des-i-gram ]

noun

  1. a unit of mass or weight equal to 1/10 (0.1) gram (1.543 grains). : dg


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Word History and Origins

Origin of decigram1

From the French word décigramme, dating back to 1800–10. See deci-, -gram 2
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Example Sentences

"The other difference is, Mr. Scarth, that the prescription with the strychnine in deadly decigrams has been drawn backward instead of being written forward."

If there is enough grit it should be weighed: we obtained 14 decigrams of grit from 10 grams of our top soil and 17 decigrams from 10 grams of bottom soil.

The following instructions apply to the parting of an alloy containing a few decigrams of gold together with the proper proportion of silver.

Each cachet contained three decigrams of malourea, the insidious drug notorious under its trade name of Veronal.

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