Meanings
noungrammage (countable and uncountable, plural grammages)
plural grammages
- countableuncountablepaper productionThe 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 - countableuncountablenatural sciencesThe integral of matter density along the path (of a cosmic ray).
grammage of cosmic rays around galactic supernova remnants
Origin
Translations
Finnish grammapaino, neliömassa
- grammapainomass per area of paper measured in grams per square meter
- neliömassamass per area of paper measured in grams per square meter
German Grammatur
- Grammaturmass per area of paper measured in grams per square meter
Hungarian grammsúly
- grammsúlymass per area of paper measured in grams per square meter
Italian grammatura
- grammaturamass per area of paper measured in grams per square meter
Turkish gramaj
- gramajmass per area of paper measured in grams per square meter
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APA
grammage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grammage
MLA
“grammage.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grammage. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “grammage,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grammage.
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