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    cg
    centigram; centigrams.
  • CG
    CG
    Commanding General.
  • c.g.
    c.g.
    abbreviation
    Captain of the Guard.
  • C.G.
    C.G.
    abbreviation
    Captain of the Guard.

cg

1 American  
  1. centigram; centigrams.


CG 2 American  
  1. Commanding General.

  2. Digital Technology. computer-generated.

  3. Digital Technology. CGI.


c.g. 3 American  

abbreviation

  1. Captain of the Guard.

  2. center of gravity.

  3. Commanding General.

  4. Consul General.


C.G. 4 American  

abbreviation

  1. Captain of the Guard.

  2. center of gravity.

  3. Coast Guard.

  4. Commanding General.

  5. Consul General.


cg 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. centre of gravity

"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

symbol

  1. centigram

"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
cg 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. Republic of Congo

"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

CG 3 British  

abbreviation

  1. captain general

  2. coastguard

  3. Coldstream Guards

  4. computer-generated

  5. consul general

"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

cg Scientific  
  1. Abbreviation of centigram


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Figure 9.19 shows that the cg of a chicken is below the hip joints and lies above a broad base of support formed by widely- separated and large feet.

From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015

Logically, the right hand should support more weight, since it is closer to the cg.

From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015

The critical point is reached when the cg is no longer above the base of support.

From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015

In Figure 9.20, the pole's cg lies halfway between the vaulter's hands.

From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015

The combination cg, which frequently stands for gg, had probably the sound of dge in Modern English edge: ęcg, edge; sęcgan, to say; brycg, bridge.

From Anglo-Saxon Grammar and Exercise Book with Inflections, Syntax, Selections for Reading, and Glossary by C. Alphonso (Charles Alphonso) Smith

Nomura’s top picks are CG Power & Industrial Solutions and GE Vernova T&D India, with buy ratings for both.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026

Carlyle Group CG -0.96%decrease; red down pointing triangle swung to a loss and reported a drop in revenue during the first quarter, driven by a wider loss in investment income.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026

He is now a CG Supervisor for Sony Pictures Imageworks overseeing the creation and delivery of 3D computer-generated elements for films and TV shows.

From BBC ● Feb. 13, 2026

“In terms of CG, computer graphics and effects and so forth, all of the games were very, very challenging. But I think the most challenging was the final game in the series,” he admitted.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2025

About the centre C, with semi-diameter CG, let the circumference gRG be described, cutting the ray RC at R; and let RV be the perpendicular on CG.

From Treatise on Light by Christiaan Huygens

“People are really uncertain about the world and where it’s going to go and they are coming to Jung because they want to find solutions,” said Christophe Le Mouel, director of the C.G.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2024

But before the deletion, a Snapchat “friend” of C.G. took a screenshot of the post and showed it to her father, who evidently has an adolescent’s wisdom: He called the police.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 27, 2022

In addition, the show desperately but ineffectually wants viewers to be interested in the undercover work of blond white cop C.G.

From The Verge ● Aug. 8, 2019

This is the term that the psychologist C.G.

From Salon ● Jul. 16, 2018

Although the remedies acceptable to a eulogist of Cromwell could not be to their taste, they admired his moral teaching; and he received their attentions, as Sir C.G.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" by Various

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