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Webster 1913 Edition

-gram

(-grăm)

[Gr.

γράμμα

a thing drawn or written, a letter, fr.

γράφειν

to draw, write. See

Graphic.

]

A suffix indicating something drawn or written, a drawing, writing; – as, monogram, telegram, chronogram.

Definition 2024

-gram

See also: gram, Gram, grām, gräm, and gram.

English

Suffix

-gram

Something written, drawn or otherwise recorded.

Derived terms

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terms derived using -gram (suffix)

correlogram - in the analysis of time series, a plot of the sample autocorrelations $r_{h}\,$ versus $h\,$
cosmogram - a flat geometric figure depicting a cosmology
engram - a hypothetical means by which memory traces are stored
histogram - a graphical display of tabulated frequencies, shown as bars
interferogram - an image created using an interferometer
meteogram - a time cross-section producing and using data for a specific weather station on the ground
monogram - a motif made by overlapping or combining two or more letters or other graphemes to form one symbol
N-gram - a type of probabilistic model for predicting the next item in a sequence
nastygram (has several different meanings)
Ntigram - a form of histogram in which each bar represents the same (or approximately the same) number of cases
photogram - a photographic image made without a camera by placing objects directly onto the surface of a photo-sensitive material such as photographic paper and then exposing it to light
pictogram - an ideogram that conveys its meaning through its pictorial resemblance to a physical object
radargram - a radar image of mineral deposits or a planetary surface
reflectogram - the set of data captured in an application of reflectography
renogram - a medical scan of the kidney
scintigram - an image of part of the body, obtained by measuring (by means of scintillation or a similar method) the radiation emitted by a radioactive tracer
sonogram - a diagnostic medical image created using ultrasound echo (sonographic) equipment
spectrogram - an image that shows how the spectral density of a signal varies with time
stereogram - a stereoscopic image
trigram - a special case of the N-gram, where N is 3
zymogram - an electrophoretic technique for the detection of enzyme activity

Lexical

alphagram - the result of arranging a group of letters in alphabetical order
ambigram - a typographical design or artform that may be read as one or more words not only in its form as presented, but also from another viewpoint, direction, or orientation
anagram - the result of rearranging the letters of a word or phrase to produce a new word or phrase, using all the original letters exactly once
ideogram - a graphic symbol that represents an idea or concept
semantogram - a symbol used solely for meaning
pangram

Types of message

candygram - a message sent along with candy
datagram - packets of an "unreliable" computer network service
strippergram - a message conveyed via or with a stripper, by analogy with a singing telegram
telegram - the long-distance transmission of written messages without physical transport of letters

Types of geometric figures

decagram - a 10-sided star polygon
enneagram - a nine-pointed geometric figure
hendecagram - a star polygon that has eleven points
heptagram - a seven-pointed star drawn with seven straight strokes
hexagram - a six-pointed geometric star figure
octagram - an eight-sided star polygon
parallelogram - a four-sided figure whose opposite sides are parallel
pentagram - the shape of a five-pointed star drawn with five straight strokes

Translations

something written

Catalan: -grama m
French: -gramme (fr)
Galician: -grama (gl) m
German: -gramm

Portuguese: -grama
Spanish: -grama (es) m
Turkish: -graf

Swedish

Suffix

-gram

-gram; same use and etymology as in English

Derived terms

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