Gramme

The gramme (SI unit seembol: g) (Greek/Laitin ruit grámma) is a metric seestem unit o mass.

Gramme
The mass o this pen cap is aboot 1 gram
Unit information
Unit seestem	SI derived unit
Unit o	Mass
Seembol	g
Unit conversions
1 g in ...	... is equal tae ...
SI base units	10-3 kilograms
CGS units	1 gram
U.S. customary	0.0353 unces

Oreeginally defined as "the absolute wicht o a volume o pure watter equal tae the cube o the hundrit pairt o a metre, an at the temperatur o meltin ice"^[1] (later 4 °C), a gram is nou defined as ane ane-thoosandt o the SI base unit, the kilogram, or 1×10⁻³ kg, which itself is defined as bein equal tae the mass o a pheesical prototype preserved bi the Internaitional Bureau o Wechts an Meisurs.