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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

plural

G's, Gs, g's, gs

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

plural

Gs, G's

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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Example Sentences

Earlier work by the research teams had already identified a role for G proteins, which have the specific role of enabling the transfer of information within cells, in regulating mitochondrial activity in the brain.

From Science Daily • May 16, 2026

They are due to kick off their World Cup campaign against New Zealand in Los Angeles on 15 June, before facing Belgium in the same city and then Egypt in Seattle, in Group G.

From Barron's • May 16, 2026

The brothers of Jeanie Buss worked in the front office, with Joey serving as alternate governor, vice president of research and development and the chief executive of the G League team.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

Between its Series G round at the end of September and the most recent Series H round in February, its post-money valuation grew from $8.1 billion to $23 billion, according to company documents.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026

It had what looked like rays of light bursting out of a roaring tyrannosaurus in the center, and the words “K of the G C” were scrawled around the circumference.

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older

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