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  • pg
    pg
    abbreviation
    picogram; picograms.
  • Pg
    Pg
    abbreviation
    Portugal.
  • PG
    PG
    abbreviation
    parental guidance: a rating assigned to a movie by the MPA indicating that children of all ages may attend but that some material may be deemed unsuitable and that parental guidance is advised.
  • pg.
    pg.
    abbreviation
    page.
  • P.G.
    P.G.
    abbreviation
    Past Grand.
  • Pg.
    Pg.
    abbreviation
    Portugal

pg

1 American  

abbreviation

  1. picogram; picograms.


Pg 2 American  
Or Pg.

abbreviation

  1. Portugal.

  2. Portuguese.


PG 3 American  

abbreviation

  1. Trademark. parental guidance: a rating assigned to a movie by the MPA indicating that children of all ages may attend but that some material may be deemed unsuitable and that parental guidance is advised.


PG 4 American  
Or P.G. or p.g.

abbreviation

Informal.
  1. pregnant.


pg. 5 American  

abbreviation

  1. page.


P.G. 6 American  

abbreviation

  1. Past Grand.

  2. paying guest.

  3. Postgraduate.

  4. Informal. pregnant. Also p.g.


PG 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. paying guest

  2. postgraduate

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Pg. 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. Portugal

  2. Portuguese

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

PG 3 British  

symbol

  1. a film certified for viewing by anyone, but which contains scenes that may be unsuitable for children, for whom parental guidance is necessary

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

pg. 4 British  

abbreviation

  1. page

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

pg 5 British  

abbreviation

  1. Papua New Guinea

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of PG

An American designation established in 1972

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A little notebook with 1 pg per acct name - login -- password.

From New York Times Aug. 8, 2014

The general statement in the text applies chiefly to the more highly organised forms of the vertebrate series. pg.

From The Scientific Evidences of Organic Evolution by Romanes, George John

All possibly dialectic/phonetic phrases have been retained, including the following; pg.

From "And they thought we wouldn't fight" by Gibbons, Floyd

I'll be as discreet as Piscator could wish, In a style will enchant the Canadian fish, And utterly ravish the Yankee. pg 231 But now, as to bait?

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, March 4th 1914 by Various

For the purpose of the plain text version of this book it has been corrected. pg. xvii - Table of Contents - Chapter XVIII, pg.

From "And they thought we wouldn't fight" by Gibbons, Floyd

Because both Cg and Pg are known, this relation can be rearragned and used to solve for k.

From Textbooks Feb. 14, 2019

The total pressure, or absolute pressure, is thus the sum of gauge pressure and atmospheric pressure: Pabs = Pg + Patm where Pabs is absolute pressure, Pg is gauge pressure, and Patm is atmospheric pressure.

From Textbooks Aug. 12, 2015

The gauge pressure is Pg = hρg and is found by measuring h .

From Textbooks Aug. 12, 2015

Models assuming that rising temperatures and CO2 concentrations will increase photosynthesis, which absorbs CO faster than respiration emits CO, suggest that the biosphere could absorb up to 10 Pg C year.

From Nature Feb. 12, 2014

Should the thumbs of both hands strike the same keys at the same Pg 80 time all the way through or should the left hand omit them?

From Piano Playing: With Piano Questions Answered by Hofmann, Josef

It is his first competitive goal since netting for Suzuka PG, now Atletico Suzuka, against FC Osaka in November 2022.

From BBC Jul. 26, 2026

For those operating on the PG side of its border, the odds of making a living as an influencer get slimmer by the day.

From Salon May 4, 2026

“This would be PG, essentially. You could even say G-rated. There would be no blood in it. It’s doing clever fighting that makes you smile and laugh.”

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 15, 2026

Procter & Gamble PG -0.64%decrease; red down pointing triangle posted slightly higher revenue in its latest quarter as higher prices helped offset a decline in volumes.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 22, 2026

She’d never sit through a PG movie with me, for instance, so I ended up seeing a lot of movies that were totally age-inappropriate.

From "Auggie & Me" by R. J. Palacio

As a staffer named Amelia wrote: “Mr. Gesner is my new favorite architect! Apparently an awesome guy too — he’s 89 and surfs everyday: check out the boat houses on pg. 90!”

From New York Times Dec. 19, 2014

Gramont was changed to Grammont on pg. xxiii.

From The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 1 by Wharton, Grace

For the purpose of the plain text version of this book it has been corrected. pg. xvii - Table of Contents - Chapter XVIII, pg.

From "And they thought we wouldn't fight" by Gibbons, Floyd

Of these pg. 12two hypotheses one is, intelligent design manifested in creation; and the other is, natural selection manifested during the countless ages of the past.

From The Scientific Evidences of Organic Evolution by Romanes, George John

It is a pg. 3matter of observable fact that all plants and animals are perpetually engaged in what Mr. Darwin calls a “struggle for existence.”

From The Scientific Evidences of Organic Evolution by Romanes, George John

Coming to a South King County park near you this summer will be Burien Actors Theatre’s production of this 1927 comedy from P.G.

From Seattle Times May 25, 2023

These people are merely rich like Fred and Ginger in soundstage Venice, or Bertie Wooster in P.G.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 28, 2022

That year, a few months after he’d visited an open Cincinnati City Council meeting to voice concerns about the range, Daniels spotted Cincinnati Council Member P.G.

From Slate Sep. 26, 2021

For many readers, the first and foremost proponent of the subgenre is P.G.

From Washington Post Mar. 31, 2021

What seemed most to the purpose was a rusty key which had been thrust into a chink of the wall, with a wooden label appended to the handle, bearing the initials "P.G."

From Twice Told Tales by Hawthorne, Nathaniel

At first he was able to carry out all his orders himself; now he had as Pg. 60many as sixteen workmen.

From James Watt by Carnegie, Andrew

There was no peace Pg. 62for him otherwise.

From James Watt by Carnegie, Andrew

The world had not a temptation Pg. 69that could draw Watt from his appointed work.

From James Watt by Carnegie, Andrew

May the future of Pg. 38Glasgow University copy fair her glorious past!

From James Watt by Carnegie, Andrew

There will be friction, of course, between capital and labor, but it will be healthy friction, Pg. 34needed by, and good for, both.

From James Watt by Carnegie, Andrew

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