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For other uses of the words gram or gramme, see Gram (disambiguation) . The gram or '''gramme''' (Greek/Latin root ''grámma'') symbol '''g''', is a Unit of Mass . It is defined as one one-thousandth of the SI base unit Kilogram , or 1×10−3 kg. EXAMPLES All masses are approximate:
HISTORY It was the base unit of mass in the original French Metric System and the later Centimetre-gram-second (CGS) System Of Units . USES The gram is today the most widely used unit of measurement for non-liquid ingredients in cooking and grocery shopping worldwide. For food products that are typically sold in quantities far less than 1 kg, the unit price is normally given per 100 g. Most standards and legal requirements for nutrition labels on food products require relative contents to be stated per 100 g of the product, such that the resulting figure can also be read as a percentage. In drug culture, a gram is the amount of marijuana available to buy for 10 dollars in most places. Often referred to as "a G", this is the smallest amount most street dealers will sell. It is usually packaged in a "Dime Bag", called so because of two reasons: A) The price of the dime bag is typically 10 cents, and B) because of the relation of the Dime (10 cents) to the cost of the Gram (10 dollars). CONVERSION FACTORS
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