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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Little g refers to the acceleration an object experiences because of the gravitational attraction of a nearby large body such as Earth.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
Little g refers to the acceleration caused by gravity near a large object such as Earth.
From Science Daily ● May 18, 2026
On Earth's surface, little g is about 9.8 m/s2.
From Science Daily ● May 18, 2026
This process results in roughly 9.5 g of glucose being used.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 17, 2026
Near 0 g the slightest motion sends our friends floating and tumbling up in the air.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
“For those of us whose life circumstances have created options A, B, C, D, E, F and G, she might have options A and B,” El-Sayed said of the anecdote, which couldn’t be independently verified.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
To him, the G in AGI matters as much as the AI itself.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
Staines-upon-Thames resident Alex Balkan, who campaigned for a statue of Ali G in the town, says the character remains a source of local pride.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
When completed, the east San Fernando Valley line connect with local and regional transit services including Metro’s G Line and the Van Nuys Metrolink-Amtrak station.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
“You’re gonna be tempted to go with something classic, like Schubert’s ‘Ave Maria’ or Bach, ‘Air on the G String.’
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
The diagnosis was based on established assessments that included e. g. memory and language tasks.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 27, 2024
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
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
On a day when one group of stocks—e. g., the oils —are strong, another group or groups will be weak.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ecologically, H. g. gulonella seems to be the counterpart of Semotilus atromaculatus in streams where the latter species is absent.
From Geographic Variation in the North American Cyprinid Fish, Hybopsis gracilis by Frank B. Cross
Jonathan G. Stine also contributed to the research.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026
Instead of basking in the wealth he had amassed as a banker and financier, Mellon accepted a summons from President-elect Warren G. Harding and got on a train to Marion, Ohio.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
Frank G. Brotz’s Kohler Electric Sink, which incorporated a motorized dishwasher into the familiar basin, promised release from the “thrice-daily drudgery” of washing dishes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
Year: 2023 Compiled by: Jenny G. Zhang, Slate Staff Of note: Accompanied by a version of this list “as chosen by TV writers and showrunners.”
From Slate ● Oct. 7, 2026
Before becoming a fiction writer, H. G. Wells had taught science and published two biology textbooks.
From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow
Although reggaeton originated in the streets, the genre hit its zenith in the mainstream this year, thanks to Bad Bunny’s historic Super Bowl halftime show and Karol G’s headlining set at Coachella.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
The project brought together researchers from the Wellcome Sanger Institute, U of G's Ontario Veterinary College, the University of Bern and other institutions.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 27, 2026
In Bad Bunny’s “DtMF” and Karol G’s “Tropicoqueta,” classic genres like salsa, plena and cumbia took center stage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
And yet, it's from here, at the edge of the desert, two of the UK's biggest fresh produce businesses - G's Fresh and Barfoots - are growing an increasing amount of food.
From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2026
I talked about G’s escapes with Dr. Cain.
From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell
The maneuver subjected the airframe to an estimated 3 Gs of force, akin to what a spacecraft experiences during launch, and exceeded the 737 MAX’s operating limit of 2.5 Gs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
It had big gold Gs on the front, which, to her, “felt really gaudy” after a couple of years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2023
Despite the elegance of the Gs and changing from one to five, the process of managing a network is as archaic as you could ever imagine.
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
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 facility, known as nastar, features a massive centrifuge that spins at about sixty miles an hour, creating gravitational loads that can exceed nine g’s.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 13, 2018
When the gravity approaches a billion g’s, something still more strange happens.
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
Its screen records characters exactly the way you write them, helping me nail those pesky gs and 9s.
From Time Magazine Archive
Somewhere along his rise from sewer worker to political boss of Chicago, Edward Joseph Kelly learned not to drop his gs, acquired a hard, shining polish.
From Time Magazine Archive
Oh, I was a bossy little thing, even though I couldn’t pronounce my gs properly!
From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles
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