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grammage

grammage noun: the mass per area of paper measured in grams per square meter (g/m²).

Noun

grammage (countable and uncountable, plural grammages)

  1. (paper production) The mass per area of paper measured in grams per square meter (g/m²).
    • Grammage of paper is very important because all physical properties and many optical and electrical properties are affected by the change in grammage. Paper is sold by weight; therefore, the lowest grammage paper that will do the job is usually selected by the customer.2017, Sabit Adanur, Paper Machine Clothing: Key to the Paper Making Process, Asten, →ISBN, page 31
  2. The integral of matter density along the path (of a cosmic ray).
    • grammage of cosmic rays around galactic supernova remnants

Forms of grammage

pluralgrammages

Origin of grammage

From gram + -age.

Questions about grammage

What does grammage mean?
Grammage means the mass per area of paper measured in grams per square meter (g/m²).
What part of speech is grammage?
Grammage is a noun.
What is the plural of grammage?
The plural of grammage is grammages.

Words near grammage in the dictionary

  1. gramisterol
  2. Gramling
  3. Gramlings
  4. gramma
  5. grammable
  6. grammage
  7. grammages
  8. grammagram
  9. grammagrams
  10. grammalog
  11. grammalogs

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