Dictionary

grammage en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English gram Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -agebor. Middle English -age English -age English grammage From gram + -age.

Meanings

1. (countable, qualifier:paper production, uncountable) 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. (countable, uncountable) The integral of matter density along the path (of a cosmic ray).
   • grammage of cosmic rays around galactic supernova remnants

Forms

Translations (6)

fi neliömassa (mass per area of paper measured in grams per square meter) · it grammatura (mass per area of paper measured in grams per square meter) · tr gramaj (mass per area of paper measured in grams per square meter) · hu grammsúly (mass per area of paper measured in grams per square meter) · fi grammapaino (mass per area of paper measured in grams per square meter) · de Grammatur (mass per area of paper measured in grams per square meter)