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G

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Noun

1. g, gm, gram, gramme

a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram

2. g, guanine

a purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with cytosine

3. deoxyguanosine monophosphate, g

one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose)

4. 1000, chiliad, g, grand, k, m, one thousand, thou, thousand, yard

the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100

5. g, g-force, gee

a unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity; used to indicate the force to which a body is subjected when it is accelerated

6. g, gb, gigabyte

a unit of information equal to 1000 megabytes or 10^9 (1,000,000,000) bytes

7. g, gb, gib, gibibyte, gigabyte

a unit of information equal to 1024 mebibytes or 2^30 (1,073,741,824) bytes

8. constant of gravitation, g, gravitational constant, universal gravitational constant

(physics) the universal constant relating force to mass and distance in Newton's law of gravitation

9. g

the 7th letter of the Roman alphabet

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

G

see synonyms of g
nounWord forms: plural g's, G's or Gs
1. 
the seventh letter and fifth consonant of the modern English alphabet
2. 
a speech sound represented by this letter, in English usually either a voiced velar stop, as in grass, or a voiced palato-alveolar affricate, as in page
symbol for
1. 
gallon(s)
2. 
gram(s)
3. 
acceleration of free fall (due to gravity) near the surface of the earth
4. 
grav
5. chess algebraic notation
symbol for
1. music
a. 
a note having a frequency of 392 hertz (G above middle C) or this value multiplied or divided by any power of 2; the fifth note of the scale of C major
b. 
a key, string, or pipe producing this note
c. 
the major or minor key having this note as its tonic
2. 
gauss
3. 
gravitational constant
4. physics
conductance
5. biochemistry
guanine
6. 
German
7. 
Gibbs function
8. 
giga
9. 
good
10. slang, mainly US
grand (a thousand dollars or pounds)
11. (in Australia)
a. 
general exhibition (used to describe a category of film certified as suitable for viewing by anyone)
b. 
(as modifier)
a G film
abbreviation for
1. 
Gulf
2. 
guilder(s)
3. 
guinea(s)

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

G

see synonyms of g
noun
1.  Slang
one thousand dollars
2.  Education
a grade meaning good
3.  Music
a. 
the fifth tone or note in the ascending scale of C major
b. 
a key, string, etc. producing this tone
c. 
the scale having this tone as the keynote
4.  Physics
a. 
the gravitational constant in Newton's law of gravitation
b. 
G-force
a film rating meaning “general audience”: it indicates that the film is considered suitable for persons of all ages
1. 
game(s)
2. 
gauge
3. 
gauss(es)
4. 
German
5. 
giga-
6. 
goal(s)
7. 
goalkeeper
8. 
gram(s)
9. 
guanine
10.  Basketball and American Football
guard
11. 
guilder(s)
12. 
guinea(s)
13. 
gulf
14. 
specific gravity
conductance
nounWord forms: plural g's or G's
1. 
the seventh letter of the English alphabet: from the Greek gamma, a borrowing from the Phoenician
2. 
any of the speech sounds that this letter represents, as, in English, the (g) of get or (j) of gem
3. 
a type or impression for g or G
4. 
the seventh in a sequence or group
5. 
an object shaped like G
adjective
6. 
of g or G
7. 
seventh in a sequence or group
8. 
shaped like G
noun
1. 
acceleration of gravity
2. 
G-force

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

G

see synonyms of g
n. pl. g's or G's also gs or Gs
1. The seventh letter of the modern English alphabet.
2. Any of the speech sounds represented by the letter g.
3. The seventh in a series.
4. Something shaped like the letter G.
5. Music
a. The fifth tone in the scale of C major or the seventh tone in the relative minor scale.
b. A key or scale in which G is the tonic.
c. A written or printed note representing this tone.
d. A string, key, or pipe tuned to the pitch of this tone.
A trademark for a movie rating indicating that admission will be granted to persons of all ages.
n.
Slang
One thousand dollars: lost twenty Gs at the racetrack.
abbr.
1. acceleration of gravity
2. gram
The symbol for conductance.
abbr.
1. gauss
2. genitive
3. goal
4. goalkeeper
5. gravitational constant
6. guanine
7. Football guard
abbr.
gulf

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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