"grammage" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: grammages [plural]
Etymology: gram + -age Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|gram|age}} gram + -age Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} grammage (countable and uncountable, plural grammages)
  1. (paper production) The mass per area of paper measured in grams per square meter (g/m²). Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (mass per area of paper measured in grams per square meter): grammapaino (Finnish), neliömassa (Finnish), Grammatur [feminine] (German), grammsúly (Hungarian), gramaj (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-grammage-en-noun-7sjXxzsJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -age Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 77 23 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -age: 81 19 Disambiguation of 'mass per area of paper measured in grams per square meter': 97 3
  2. (physics) The integral of matter density along the path (of a cosmic ray). Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Physics
    Sense id: en-grammage-en-noun-HsYeky0K Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for grammage meaning in English (2.8kB)

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          "ref": "2017, Sabit Adanur, Paper Machine Clothing: Key to the Paper Making Process, Asten, page 31",
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