hectogram

Metric weight unit

A hectogram is a metric unit of mass equal to one hundred grams, or about 3.5 ounces.

The prefix hecto- means hundred.

The unit sees occasional use in European food labeling but is rarely encountered in everyday American English, where grams and kilograms dominate.

measurement

mass

Quantity of matter

measure · unit · quantity · calibration · precision · conversion · calculation · standard · increment · subdivision

metric

tonne

Thousand-kilogram mass unit

meter · prefix · hecto · kilo

culinary

recipe

Cooking preparation instructions

baking · cooking · flour · sugar · butter · chocolate · produce · market

Categories
Opposites
metric scale magnitude

hectogrammicrogram

Millionth of a gram

nanogram · milligram · megagram · metric ton · kilogram

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