Gigagram
Term · Industrial and trades · MLC-T-IND-002569
A unit of mass in the metric system, equivalent to 10^9 grams or one million kilograms. This large measure is used to quantify the mass of substantial quantities of materials, such as the annual production of a large factory or the mass of a small asteroid. One gigagram is equal to one kilotonne.
| Identifier | MLC-T-IND-002569 |
|---|---|
| Field | Industrial and trades |
| Subject | Metrology and inspection |
| Synonyms | kilotonne |
| Translations | German: Gigagramm; Spanish: gigagramo; French: gigagramme |
Record as JSON
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"id": "MLC-T-IND-002569",
"term": "Gigagram",
"field": "Industrial and trades",
"definition": "A unit of mass in the metric system, equivalent to 10^9 grams or one million kilograms. This large measure is used to quantify the mass of substantial quantities of materials, such as the annual production of a large factory or the mass of a small asteroid. One gigagram is equal to one kilotonne.",
"synonyms": [
"kilotonne"
],
"subject": "Metrology and inspection",
"translations": {
"de": "Gigagramm",
"es": "gigagramo",
"fr": "gigagramme"
},
"url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/gigagram/"
}
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