decigram
noun
a unit of mass or weight equal to 1/10 (0.1) gram (1.543 grains). dg
decigramme
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a variation of
decigram.
Example Sentences
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As the dial has 10 divisions on each side of the central mark, we thus estimate, without tentatives, the three last centigrammes or the last decigramme, according to the sensitiveness.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 799, April 25, 1891 by Various
All that is required for this purpose is a common pair of scales, capable of weighing two or three hundred grammes, and turning with a decigramme.
From Scientific Culture, and Other Essays Second Edition; with Additions by Josiah Parsons Cooke
