dram

[dram] /dræm/
noun
1.
Measurements.
  1. a unit of apothecaries' weight, equal to 60 grains, or 1/8 (0.125) ounce (3.89 grams).
  2. 1/16 (0.0625) ounce, avoirdupois weight (27.34 grains; 1.77 grams).
    Abbreviation: dr., dr.
2.
fluid dram.
3.
a small drink of liquor.
4.
a small quantity of anything.
verb (used without object), drammed, dramming.
5.
Archaic. to drink drams; tipple.
verb (used with object), drammed, dramming.
6.
Archaic. to ply with drink.
Origin
1400-50; late Middle English dramme, assimilated variant of dragme < Old French < Late Latin dragma, Latin drachma drachma
Related forms
half-dram, adjective, noun

DRAM

[dee-ram] /ˈdiˌræm/
Computers.
1.
dynamic RAM.
Examples from the web for dram
  • He liked a pint, and a dram too, but not when he was working.
British Dictionary definitions for dram

dram

/dræm/
noun
1.
one sixteenth of an ounce (avoirdupois). 1 dram is equivalent to 0.0018 kilogram
2.
(US) Also called drachm, drachma. 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
Word Origin
C15: from Old French dragme, from Late Latin dragma, from Greek drakhmē; see drachma

DRAM

/ˈdiːræm/
noun acronym
1.
dynamic random access memory: a widely used type of random access memory See RAM1
noun
2.
a chip containing such a memory
Word Origin and History for dram
n.

mid-15c., "small weight of apothecary's measure," a phonetic spelling, from Anglo-Latin dragma, Old French drame, from Late Latin dragma, from Latin drachma "drachma," from Greek drakhma "measure of weight," also, "silver coin," literally "handful" (of six obols, the least valuable coins in ancient Athens), akin to drassesthai "to grasp." The fluid dram is one-eighth of a fluid ounce, hence "a small drink of liquor" (1713); Hence dram shop (1725), where liquor was sold by the shot.

dram in Medicine

dram (drām)
n.
Abbr. dr

  1. A unit of weight in the U.S. Customary System equal to 1/16 of an ounce or 27.34 grains (1.77 grams). Also called drachm.

  2. A unit of apothecary weight equal to 1/8 of an ounce or 60 grains (3.89 grams).

dram in Technology


dynamic random-access memory

Related Abbreviations for dram

DRAM

dynamic random access memory
dram in the Bible

The Authorized Version understood the word 'adarkonim (1 Chr. 29:7; Ezra 8:27), and the similar word darkomnim (Ezra 2:69; Neh. 7:70), as equivalent to the Greek silver coin the drachma. But the Revised Version rightly regards it as the Greek dareikos, a Persian gold coin (the daric) of the value of about 1 pound, 2s., which was first struck by Darius, the son of Hystaspes, and was current in Western Asia long after the fall of the Persian empire. (See DARIC.)

Encyclopedia Article for dram

unit of weight in the apothecaries' and avoirdupois systems. An apothecaries' dram contains 3 scruples (3.888 grams) of 20 grains each and is equal to one-eighth apothecaries' ounce of 480 grains. The avoirdupois dram contains 27.344 grains (1.772 grams) and is equal to one-sixteenth avoirdupois ounce of 437 12 grains. The term also refers to the fluid dram, a measure of capacity equal to one-eighth fluid ounce.

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