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Traditional English :: gramophone
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gramophonic.html - n. an instrument reproducing recorded sound by a stylus resting on a rotating grooved disc. Now more usually called record-player. gramophonic adj. [formed by inversion of PHONOGRAM] |
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Traditional English :: gramophone
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gramophonic.html - n. an instrument reproducing recorded sound by a stylus resting on a rotating grooved disc. Now more usually called record-player. gramophonic adj. [formed by inversion of PHONOGRAM] |
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Traditional English :: Gram's method
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gramophonic.html - n. Biol. a method of differentiating bacteria by staining with a dye, then attempting to remove the dye with a solvent, for purposes of identification. Gram-positive (or negative) (of bacteria) that do (or do not) retain the dye. [H. C. J. Gram, Da. physician d. 1938] |
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Traditional English :: gram(1)
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gramophonic.html - n. (also gramme) a metric unit of mass equal to one-thousandth of a kilogram. gram-atom Chem. the quantity of a chemical element equal to its relative atomic mass in grams (see MOLE(4) )). gram-equivalent Chem. the quantity of a substance equal to its equivalent weight in grams. gram-molecule Chem. the quantity of a substance equal to its relative molecular mass in grams. [F gramme f. Gk gramma small weight] |
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Traditional English :: gram(2)
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gramophonic.html - n.
any of various pulses used as food. [Port. gr°.o f. L granum grain] |
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Traditional English :: graminaceous
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gramophonic.html - adj.
of or like grass; grassy. [L gramen -inis grass] |
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