g
abbreviation
general intelligence.
g
2
American
G
3
American
[jee]
/ dʒi /
Or
g
noun
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G's,
plural
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Gs,
plural
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g's,
plural
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gs
plural
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the seventh letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.
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any spoken sound represented by the letter G or g, as in get, German, or camouflage.
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something having the shape of a G .
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a written or printed representation of the letter G or g.
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a device, as a printer's type, for reproducing the letter G or g.
G
4
American
[jee]
/ dʒi /
noun
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Gs,
plural
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G's
plural
G
5
American
abbreviation
G
6
American
abbreviation
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Informal. grand: a sum of one thousand dollars.
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gay.
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Psychology. general intelligence.
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good.
G
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American
Symbol.
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the seventh in order or in a series.
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Music.
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the fifth tone in the scale of C major or the seventh tone in the relative minor scale, A minor.
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a string, key, or pipe tuned to this tone.
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a written or printed note representing this tone.
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(in the fixed system of solmization) the fifth tone of the scale of C major, called sol.
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the tonality having G as the tonic note.
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(sometimes lowercase) the medieval Roman numeral for 400.
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Electricity.
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Physics, Astronomy. gravitational constant.
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Biochemistry.
g.
8
American
abbreviation
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gauge.
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gender.
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general.
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generally.
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genitive.
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going back to.
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gold.
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grain; grains.
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gram; grams.
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Football. guard.
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British. guinea.
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gun.
G.
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American
G
1
British
symbol
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music
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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
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a key, string, or pipe producing this note
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the major or minor key having this note as its tonic
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gauss
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gravitational constant
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physics conductance
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biochem guanine
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German
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Gibbs function
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giga
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good
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slang grand (a thousand dollars or pounds)
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general exhibition (used to describe a category of film certified as suitable for viewing by anyone)
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( as modifier )
a G film
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g
2
British
symbol
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gallon(s)
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gram(s)
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acceleration of free fall (due to gravity) near the surface of the earth
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grav
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chess See algebraic notation
G.
3
British
abbreviation
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Gulf
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guilder(s)
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guinea(s)
g
4
British
/ dʒiː /
noun
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the seventh letter and fifth consonant of the modern English alphabet
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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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Dietary recalls completed during the study suggested that both intervention groups increased their daily fiber intake by an estimated 8-10 g.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026
This process results in roughly 9.5 g of glucose being used.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 17, 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
Average daily salt intake in France was 8.1 g per day in 2015, with more than 90% of adults exceeding recommended levels.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 31, 2026
Man was like those silent letters they’d just learned about in English class, like the s in island or the g in phlegm.
From "Eleven" by Tom Rogers
But, if approved, retatrutide will become the first weight loss medication in the world to act on three, giving it the nickname the "triple G".
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
A stumbling block we’re likely to encounter sooner is the G in AGI, or artificial general intelligence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
His “Molto in Cayo Hueso,” for instance, imagines the molto allegro movement of Mozart’s Symphony No. 40 in G minor as Cuban danzón.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
In the world of Karol G, what doesn’t kill you makes for an international hit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
Why were the two strands complementary to each other—A matched with T, and G matched with C—like a molecular yin and yang?
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
The diagnosis was based on established assessments that included e. g. memory and language tasks.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 27, 2024
Forget about the long-term, the crisis is now. g. powell in reply to shaun39 May 2nd 2013 18:46 GMT Your comment sounds like a bunch of nonsense to me.
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
After that each page went well until the last which consisted of leering, Winchellesque questions without printed answers, e. g.:
From Time Magazine Archive
Associates of H. g. gracilis include the same species, plus other ostariophysan fishes such as species of Carpiodes, Ictiobus, and silt-adapted species of Hybopsis and Notropis.
From Geographic Variation in the North American Cyprinid Fish, Hybopsis gracilis by Frank B. Cross
Steffensen, a professor of marine biology at the University of Copenhagen, worked with Peter G. Bushnell, who teaches at Indiana University South Bend, and Richard W. Brill of the Virginia Institute of Marine Science.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026
A 3 is a D or high E, a 2 is a low E or high F, and a 1 is a low F or G. And a U is still a U.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Eliminating the cap without providing a benefit credit would mean the program has asset reserves until 2067, according to a 2025 analysis from the nonprofit fiscal group Peter G. Peterson Foundation.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
“Citizenship, then and now, was the right to have rights — to freely participate in our political community,” Chief Justice John G. Roberts wrote for the court.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
I’m walking out the door when Ms. Warner calls out, “Happy weekend, G. See you on the dark side of Sunday. Get it? The dark side of Sunday? Monday!”
From "Liar & Spy" by Rebecca Stead
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
Defence barrister Mark Mulholland said Soldier G's statements were "riddled with questions of reliability" and gave "changing accounts" of events on Bloody Sunday.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2025
The writing assignments I do for Ms. G’s class require draft after draft until everything is perfect.
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
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
Cameras had to clear the ejection path, run on batteries so as to not tap into the plane’s power, and safely and securely withstand shocks, vibration and more than 7.5 Gs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2022
I was pushed back in my couch with an acceleration of one half G, but it felt more like 3 Gs to my sensitized body.
From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins
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 hasn’t rained in months,” she said, her Tuscan Italian full of soft g’s and c’s.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 4, 2021
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
At 1000 g’s, the beam is still straight, but trees have become squashed and flattened; at 100,000 g’s, rocks are crushed by their own weight.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
“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 men at the mahogany desks," says Stapp, "thought that the human body would never take more than 18 gs.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
Oh, I was a bossy little thing, even though I couldn’t pronounce my gs properly!
From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles
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