Dram (redirected from fluidram)

dram: see English units of measurement.

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dram

1. one sixteenth of an ounce (avoirdupois). 1 dram is equivalent to 0.0018 kilogram

2. US one eighth of an apothecaries' ounce; 60 grains. 1 dram is equivalent to 0.0039 kilogram

3. a small amount of an alcoholic drink, esp a spirit; tot

4. the standard monetary unit of Armenia, divided into 100 lumas

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dram [dram]

(mechanics)

A unit of mass, used in the apothecaries' system of mass units, equal to ⅛ apothecaries' ounce or 60 grains or 3.8879346 grams. Also known as apothecaries' dram (dram ap); drachm (British).

A unit of mass, formerly used in the United Kingdom, equal to ¹⁄₁₆ ounce (avoirdupois) or approximately 1.77185 grams. Abbreviated dr.

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DRAM [′dē‚ram]

(computer science)

dynamic random-access memory

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DRAM - dynamic random-access memory

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Dram 

(drachm; Russian drakhma, from Greek drachme).

(1) A unit in the now outmoded system of apothecaries’ weights. An apothecaries’ dram was one-eighth of an ounce and contained three scruples; the Russian apothecaries’ dram was the equivalent of 3.732 g. In the English system of measurement an apothecaries’ dram equaled 3.888 g.

(2) A fluidram, a measure of displacement used in the USA, equal to 3.6966 milliliters.

(3) In the avoirdupois system, a measure of weight equaling one-sixteenth of an ounce, 1.772 g.