g

¹

abbreviation for

1. Psychology. general intelligence.
2. good.
3. gram; grams.
4. Electronics. grid.

G

²

or g

[ jee ]

noun

, plural G's or Gs, g's or 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.

g

³

Symbol, Physics.

1. acceleration of gravity.
2. gravity ( def 5 ).

G

⁴

[ jee ]

noun

, plural Gs or G's.

1. Aerospace. gravitational force ( def ): Sometimes g

   The pilot pulled 3 Gs during the steep dive.

G

⁵

abbreviation for

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. Compare NC-17, PG ¹, PG-13, R ³.

G

⁶

abbreviation for

1. Informal. grand: a sum of one thousand dollars.
2. gay.
3. Psychology. general intelligence.
4. German ( def 4 ).
5. good.

G

⁷

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. Compare Roman numerals.
4. Electricity.
   1. conductance ( def ).
   2. gauss ( def 1 ).
5. Physics, Astronomy. gravitational constant ( def ).
6. Biochemistry.
   1. glycine ( def ).
   2. guanine ( def ).

g.

⁸

abbreviation for

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.

G.

⁹

abbreviation for

1. German ( def 4 ). Also G
2. gourde; gourdes.
3. (specific) gravity.
4. Gulf.

g

¹

/ 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

G

²

symbol for

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. in Australia
    1. general exhibition (used to describe a category of film certified as suitable for viewing by anyone)
    2. ( as modifier )

       a G film

G.

³

abbreviation for

1. Gulf
2. guilder(s)
3. guinea(s)

g

⁴

symbol for

1. gallon(s)
2. gram(s)
3. acceleration of free fall (due to gravity) near the surface of the earth
4. grav
5. See algebraic notation
   chess See algebraic notation

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When she struck the chord of G minor, it was the right preparation, and brought you immediately into the mood for what followed.

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The chief reason is that g is the top note of the string bass, and is called for in orchestral transcriptions.

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The form sarlynysh (in G.) evidently arose from the common mistake of reading a long s (ſ) as an l.

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