| NOUN | quantity | metric grain, grain | a weight unit used for pearls or diamonds |
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| Meaning | A weight unit used for pearls or diamonds: 50 mg or 1/4 carat. | |
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| Synonym | grain | |
| Part of | decigram, dg | 1/10 gram |
| Parts | milligram, mg | One thousandth (1/1,000) gram |
| Broader | metric weight unit, weight unit | A decimal unit of weight based on the gram |
| Spanish | grano | |
| Catalan | gra | |
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