What is Gram?
{{about|the unit of measure|the [[sword]] [[Siegfried]] used to kill a dragon|Gram (mythology)}} A '''gram''', or '''gramme''', is a [[unit]] of measure in the [[metric system]]. It measures [[mass]], or how much [[matter]] something is. The symbol is '''g'''. One gram used to be defined as the mass of one [[cubic centimetre]] of pure [[water]] at 3.98 degrees [[Celsius]]. Now one gram is defined as 1/1000 of a [[kilogram]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Metric system - Facts from the Encyclopedia|url=http://education.yahoo.com/reference/encyclopedia/entry/metricsy|publisher=Yahoo! Education|accessdate=3 June 2013|archive-date=7 September 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070907052428/http://education.yahoo.com/reference/encyclopedia/entry/metricsy|url-status=dead}}</ref> A milligram is 1/1000 of a gram. ==References== {{reflist}} {{science-stub}} [[Category:Units of mass]]