decigram
IPA: dˈɛsʌgræm
noun
- (metrology) An SI unit of mass equal to 10⁻¹ grams. Symbol: dg
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Examples of "decigram" in Sentences
- One decigram only of salt was treated and consequently considerable difficulties were involved.
- Some unhappy morphine addicts get to the point of standing a dose of 20 grams, whereas one decigram is dangerous in a normal subject.
- Metric Weights. -- 10 milligrams 1 centigram, 10 centigrams 1 decigram, 10 decigrams 1 gram, 10 grams 1 dekagram, 10 dekagrams 1 hektogram, 10 hektograms 1 kilogram.
- After thousands of crystallizations, Marie finally - from several tons of the original material - isolated one decigram of almost pure radium chloride and had determined radium's atomic weight as 225.