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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. 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 3 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 Scientific  
  1. Abbreviation of centigram


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In Figure 9.20, a pole vaulter holding a pole with its cg halfway between his hands is shown.

From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015

In Figure 9.22, the cg of the pole held by the pole vaulter is 2.00 m from the left hand, and the hands are 0.700 m apart.

From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015

Similar arguments hold for other systems where supporting forces are exerted symmetrically about the cg.

From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015

If the pole is held with its cg to the left of the person, then he must push down with his right hand and up with his left.

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

Missile-making startup Castelion closed a more than $1 billion funding round co-led by private-equity giant Carlyle CG 2.13%increase; up pointing triangle Group, reflecting blue-chip firms’ growing interest in a booming corner of the defense industry.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 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

There’s no CG in the dog’s performance, no corny reaction shots and no use of animal doubles either.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2025

Even in space, the CG isn’t razzle-dazzle busy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2025

We make a scale to the right of the picture measuring 50 feet from B to 50 at point where BP intersects base of pyramid, raise perpendicular CG and thereon measure 480 feet.

From The Theory and Practice of Perspective by G. A. (George Adolphus) Storey

Riding a bike near the parking lot a few days later, Charles, who said his initials are C.G., reflected on the incident.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 2022

In another sequence, C.G. explains that she never listens to music in cars because her father was arrested while listening to Kiss at high volumes on his car stereo.

From The Verge ● Aug. 8, 2019

“Hilsenrath’s priority is the plight of the oppressed,” German scholar Dagmar C.G.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 2, 2019

This is the term that the psychologist C.G.

From Salon ● Jul. 16, 2018

The members of the Quarterly Conference present were C.G.

From Thirty Years in the Itinerancy by Wesson Gage Miller

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