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
7
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.
9
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
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
On Earth's surface, little g is about 9.8 m/s2.
From Science Daily ● May 18, 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
Running in 0.4 g while wearing a bulky EVA suit isn't easy.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
“From ’93 on, I didn’t see him no more,” Shock G told Rolling Stone.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
On Friday night at the SoFi Stadium, there was nothing random about the songs that played just before Karol G took the stage for the first of three evenings at the venue.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
Former British champion Alcott raced in all five disciplines - downhill, super G, giant slalom, slalom and combined - during a successful career on the slopes.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
It may be summertime, but Karol G is unapologetically leaning into her sadness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
My grandmother, G, shuffles into the room in her neon-pink housecoat.
From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell
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
But among "small time" porters and station "red-caps," there is a glossary, e. g.:
From Time Magazine Archive
The head of the creek subspecies is deeper and longer than that of H. g. gracilis, being rounded anteriorly when seen in sideview.
From Geographic Variation in the North American Cyprinid Fish, Hybopsis gracilis by Frank B. Cross
A VAT rate of 18% would churn out revenue of $12.2 trillion over 10 years, according to the green-eyeshade crew at the Peter G. Peterson Foundation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
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
“Just try to have fun, G. Only two days till the weekend. Remember, we’re in this together.”
From "Liar & Spy" by Rebecca Stead
The soundtrack sets a more accurate tone right away with a gentle cover of R.E.M.’s “Nightswimming” that segues into Alex G’s dreamy synths.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
You joined Karol G’s band at Coachella this year — how did that happen?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026
"When we grow spring onions in the UK, 60% of the cost is labour," says Derek Wilkinson, managing director at G's Fresh.
From BBC ● Feb. 18, 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
They were about to arrest us all, until we found Ms. G’s “Teacher of the Year” plaque in the back of her four-runner.
From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers
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
Thousands of times longer than the cell that contains it, this intricate strand of As, Ts, Gs and Cs must fold itself into a compact package.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 8, 2022
The Gs in her name looked like nibbled Os.
From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke
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
The compression here—an abrupt transition to flatter, rutted terrain—creates a force of more than three g’s.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 22, 2019
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
He rarely raises his voice; he never orates; he always drops his gs.
From Time Magazine Archive
The screaming point is reached when one Roy Cummin gs, in the manner of a concert tenor, walks slowly from the wings, heaving with the impending agony of solemn singing.
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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