gram-, -gram-, -grammatic, -grammatical, -grammatically, -gramme, -grammic +
(Greek: write, that which is written, a written record)
cartogram
A type of single-topic map which is not made with a constant scale, in which features are deliberately distorted to show their relative value to one another in terms of that single topic; for example, a map in which states, or countries, are made large or small according to their agricultural production.
cartogramic
A reference to a map showing geographically, by shades or curves, statistics of various kinds; related to a statistical map.
centigram
A metric unit of mass equal to one hundredth of a gram. Symbol cg.
centimeter-gram-second system (CGS system)
A system of measurement based on fundamental units of a centimeter for length, a gram for mass, and a second for time.
Introduced by the British Association for the Advancement of Science in 1874, it was the system commonly used in science for many years, until eventually replaced with the MKS system (meter-kilogram-second system) and then the International System of Units (SI).
cephalogram
A cephalometric radiograph.
ceraunogram, keraunogram
The written record that results from a ceraunograph (a radio direction-finder for recording sferics or the study of atmospherics, especially from a meteorological point of view).
cholangiogram
A radiographic procedure where a contrast dye is injected into the bile duct to visualize its course on X-ray.
Used in the detection of gallstones which block the common bile duct.
cholecystogram
A radiograph of the gallbladder.
chromatogram
1. The graphic record produced by chromatography or the presentation of differential movements through a two-phase system.
2. The recording (column or paper strip) on which the constituents of a mixture are adsorbed in chromatography.
chromogram
A combination of three photographs taken by a special process, which when superposed produce an image in the natural colors of the object.
chronogram, chronogrammatic
1. A phrase, sentence, or inscription, in which certain letters (usually distinguished by size or otherwise from the rest) express by their numerical values a date or epoch.
2. An inscription, sentence, or phrase in which certain numeral letters, usually made especially conspicuous to express a particular date or epoch on being added together; as in: Man of sCience and huManity, Bertrand RusselL’s eXample gIves life eXtra meaning = MCMLXIX or 1969, the year of Bertrand Russell’s death.
3. In horology, the record produced by an instrument that records time intervals; such as, the duration of an event.
colonogram
A graphic recording of movements of the colon.
coronogram
A photograph of the corona obtained by photographing the suns corona in full sunlight.
cryptogram, cryptogramic, cryptogrammatic
A piece of cryptographic (secret) writing; anything written in cipher, or in such a form or order that a key is required in order to know how to understand and put the letters together.
cryptogram, cryptograph
1. A message or writing in code or cipher.
2. A machine for writing or deciphering encoded messages.
Related "writing" word units:
glypto-;
graph-;
scrib-, script-.