grammage
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grammage (countable and uncountable, plural grammages)
- (paper production) The mass per area of paper measured in grams per square meter (g/m²).
- 2017, Sabit Adanur, Paper Machine Clothing: Key to the Paper Making Process, Asten, →ISBN, page 31:
- 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.
- (physics) The integral of matter density along the path (of a cosmic ray).
- grammage of cosmic rays around galactic supernova remnants
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mass per area of paper measured in grams per square meter
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