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HECTOGRAM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hectogram mean?
• HECTOGRAM (noun)
The noun HECTOGRAM has 1 sense:
1. 100 grams
Familiarity information: HECTOGRAM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
100 grams
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Synonyms:
hectogram; hg
Hypernyms ("hectogram" is a kind of...):
metric weight unit; weight unit (a decimal unit of weight based on the gram)
Meronyms (parts of "hectogram"):
dag; decagram; dekagram; dkg (10 grams)
Holonyms ("hectogram" is a part of...):
kg; kilo; kilogram (one thousand grams; the basic unit of mass adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites)
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