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  g

  abbreviation

  general intelligence.
• G
  G

  noun

  the seventh letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.
• g.
  g.

  abbreviation

  gauge.
• G.
  G.

  abbreviation

  German. Also G

g

¹ American  

abbreviation

1. Psychology. general intelligence.

2. good.

3. gram; grams.

4. Electronics. grid.

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g ² American  

Symbol, Physics.

1. acceleration of gravity.

2. gravity.

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G ³ American  

[jee] / dʒi /

Or g

noun

• G's,
  plural
• Gs,
  plural
• g's,
  plural
• gs
  plural

1. the seventh letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.

2. any spoken sound represented by the letter G or g, as in get, German, or camouflage.

3. something having the shape of a G .

4. a written or printed representation of the letter G or g.

5. a device, as a printer's type, for reproducing the letter G or g.

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G ⁴ American  

[jee] / dʒi /

noun

• Gs,
  plural
• G's
  plural

1. Aerospace. gravitational force: Sometimes g

   The pilot pulled 3 Gs during the steep dive.

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G ⁵ American  

abbreviation

1. Trademark. general: a rating assigned to a movie by the MPA indicating that the film is suitable for general audiences, or children as well as adults.

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G ⁶ American  

abbreviation

1. Informal. grand: a sum of one thousand dollars.

2. gay.

3. Psychology. general intelligence.

4. German.

5. good.

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G ⁷ American  

Symbol.

1. the seventh in order or in a series.

2. Music.

   1. the fifth tone in the scale of C major or the seventh tone in the relative minor scale, A minor.

   2. a string, key, or pipe tuned to this tone.

   3. a written or printed note representing this tone.

   4. (in the fixed system of solmization) the fifth tone of the scale of C major, called sol.

   5. the tonality having G as the tonic note.

3. (sometimes lowercase) the medieval Roman numeral for 400.

4. Electricity.

   1. conductance.

   2. gauss.

5. Physics, Astronomy. gravitational constant.

6. Biochemistry.

   1. glycine.

   2. guanine.

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g. ⁸ American  

abbreviation

1. gauge.

2. gender.

3. general.

4. generally.

5. genitive.

6. going back to.

7. gold.

8. grain; grains.

9. gram; grams.

10. Football. guard.

11. British. guinea.

12. gun.

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G. ⁹ American  

abbreviation

1. German. Also G

2. gourde; gourdes.

3. (specific) gravity.

4. Gulf.

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G ¹ British  

symbol

1. music

   1. 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

   2. a key, string, or pipe producing this note

   3. the major or minor key having this note as its tonic

2. gauss

3. gravitational constant

4. physics conductance

5. biochem guanine

6. German

7. Gibbs function

8. giga

9. good

10. slang grand (a thousand dollars or pounds)

11. 1. general exhibition (used to describe a category of film certified as suitable for viewing by anyone)

    2. ( as modifier )

       a G film

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g ² British  

symbol

1. gallon(s)

2. gram(s)

3. acceleration of free fall (due to gravity) near the surface of the earth

4. grav

5. chess See algebraic notation

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G. ³ British  

abbreviation

1. Gulf

2. guilder(s)

3. guinea(s)

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g ⁴ British  

/ dʒiː /

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• G's
  plural
• Gs
  plural
• g's
  plural
• gs
  plural

Example Sentences

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Based on those records, both intervention groups were estimated to have increased their daily fiber intake by 8-10 g.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026

Men consuming between 20 g per week and 20 g per day and women consuming between 20 g per week and 10 g per day were considered to have low alcohol consumption.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026

Some of the most intriguing targets include the TRAPPIST-1 system planets d, e, f, and g, located about 40 light-years from Earth, as well as LHS 1140 b, which lies 48 light-years away.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 25, 2026

EUC stands for Equivalent Umami Concentration, which is the umami concentration in a food expressed in mg/100 g.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 29, 2024

Do you know the differences between indentured servitude and g slavery?

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

Bright appeared on Strictly Come Dancing in 2015, and has starred in films including Ali G Indahouse in 2002 and 2005's Kinky Boots.

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026

Some juicy wordplay: How many words can you make with the letters N, U, E, P, G, and R?

From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2026

As a result, the passage of Measure G repealed Measure J.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

Aitch's fundraising efforts have been inspired by Gracie, who was also the subject of My G, a viral song he released in 2022.

From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026

“You’re gonna be tempted to go with something classic, like Schubert’s ‘Ave Maria’ or Bach, ‘Air on the G String.’

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

The diagnosis was based on established assessments that included e. g. memory and language tasks.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 27, 2024

They can't because no one will loan them the money to keep spending. g. powell in reply to fundamentalist May 2nd 2013 18:06 GMT The ECB can provide that money.

From Economist ● May 2, 2013

Full employment should be the objective in Europe. fundamentalist in reply to g. powell May 2nd 2013 18:46 GMT The current crisis is the direct result of such thinking in the past.

From Economist ● May 2, 2013

The gimmick was that man can endure momentarily many more g. than he can for even a few seconds.

From Time Magazine Archive

H. g. gulonella is a chubby, deep-bodied fish, whereas H. g. gracilis is long and slender.

From Geographic Variation in the North American Cyprinid Fish, Hybopsis gracilis by Frank B. Cross

Nicholas G. Miller is a reporter on the real estate desk at The Wall Street Journal, where he covers the housing market.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

Department of War, and the MIT Rolf G. Locher Endowed Fellowship supported the research, in part.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026

Billy G. Mills, a civil rights leader who was among the first Black men to serve on the Los Angeles City Council, has died.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2026

The first two episodes of Season 3 are out, and this week’s was particularly satisfying, Slate’s Jenny G. Zhang and Rebecca Onion write.

From Slate ● Jun. 30, 2026

In the 1930s, Sylvanus G. Morley of Harvard, probably the most celebrated Mayanist of his day, espoused what is still the best-known theory: The Maya collapsed because they overshot the carrying capacity of their environment.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

You joined Karol G’s band at Coachella this year — how did that happen?

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026

The name, of course, is a nod to team co-owner Warren G’s smooth 1994 chart-topper “Regulate,” which also featured fellow Long Beach native the late Nate Dogg, and celebrates Long Beach’s G-funk hip-hop roots.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 14, 2026

Colombian hitmaker Karol G’s “Tropicoqueta” received a Latin pop album nomination.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2025

Last year, Karol G's Vevo videos were watched 4.7 billion times, with fellow Colombian Shakira in second place on 3.2 billion, and Swift on three million.

From BBC ● Dec. 11, 2024

I wanted to rely on Ms. G’s class to be my surrogate family, but I’m slowly finding out that it might not be a good idea because we may not be a family next year.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers

We pulled 7.5 Gs, and I passed out four times.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 4, 2023

I was just like, ‘We need more Gs, actually!’

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2022

Nothing has changed in the way we deploy networks when the Gs change, even now in 2022.

From The Verge ● Aug. 9, 2022

Sleek jet fighters streak into the sun, with the pilots of the F-35 Lightning IIs and F-22 Raptors pulling heavy Gs as they perform high-speed maneuvers against an unseen enemy.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 8, 2022

In September, a team of FBI "Super Gs," or specially trained surveillance agents, landed in Santa Fe, New Mexico, near Howard's home.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau

The idea is to ensure that the seat – and passenger – would survive a brief exposure to 16 g’s.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2024

For people, an impact of about 135 g’s produces a concussion.

From Scientific American ● Jul. 14, 2022

It seems like they were planning for some kind of outcry here so that they could quickly replace these g’s, because none of the other letters have this.

From Slate ● Aug. 13, 2021

He then jerked the stick to the side, pulling five g’s.

From The New Yorker ● Aug. 13, 2018

"Force on Iris is at seven g's," someone said.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

“It was 3.2 gs, man,” Norris Burkes, a passenger on Flight 8535, told Answer Man.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 30, 2019

An automobile suspension is designed to withstand forces of about two gs as it smooths out the bumps in the road.

From New York Times ● Aug. 22, 2014

The wind hit his body with a force of 8,000 Ibs., and he felt deceleration of 40 gs, so that his organs weighed 40 times normal.

From Time Magazine Archive

Until Medico Stapp came along with his cool scientist's insistence on using himself as guinea pig, fighter-planes were built to stand an expected stress of nine gs.

From Time Magazine Archive

Actually, I first called them “Hamma” and “Hampaw” because I was only three years old and couldn’t enunciate my gs.

From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles

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