Ma'anar ƙamus na kalmar "myriagram" raka'a ce mai nauyi daidai da gram 10,000 ko kilo 10. An samo kalmar daga kalmar Helenanci "myria," ma'ana dubu goma, da "gramma," ma'ana karamin nauyi ko raka'a na ma'auni. Ana amfani da Myriagram da farko a cikin mahallin kimiyya ko fasaha don bayyana yawan jama'a ko adadi, kamar a auna samfuran ƙasa, injina masu nauyi, ko samfuran masana'antu.
