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
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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
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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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Unlike big G, little g changes depending on where you are.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
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
On the Moon, where gravity is weaker because the Moon has less mass, little g is only about 1.62 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
Running in 0.4 g while wearing a bulky EVA suit isn't easy.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
The film, which marks the comedian's debut as a director, revives the persona that originated in a British television segment and went on to star in "Da Ali G Show."
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026
"I brought back Ali G because he is a problematic dinosaur," he said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026
“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
G is pronounced hard before a, o, u, and soft like j before e, i, y, æ, œ: as gusto, in which g is pronounced as in August; gero, pronounced je'ro.
From New Word-Analysis by William Swinton
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
Most U. S. college men would blush to hear themselves utter the kind of thing contained in young Mr. Churchill's lectures, e. g.:
From Time Magazine Archive
Although values for the largest specimens of H. g. gracilis are omitted from Plate 24, the regression remains essentially linear to standard lengths of approximately 250 mm.
From Geographic Variation in the North American Cyprinid Fish, Hybopsis gracilis by Frank B. Cross
The songwriter has penned hits this year for Olivia Rodrigo and Karol G. She’s also got an impressive album of her own on the way.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
Jonathan G. Stine also contributed to the research.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026
Nicholas G. Miller lays out how the flexible loans are fueling a neighborhood renaissance while drawing scrutiny over fraud risks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 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
H. G. Wells died six years later in London, a few weeks before his eightieth birthday.
From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow
Behind him, hundreds of fans cram onto a London Underground escalator, all wearing Ali G's trademark yellow shell suit and skullcap.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 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
You joined Karol G’s band at Coachella this year — how did that happen?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 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
Ms. G’s class, a camp experience with my church, and my parents’ continued encouragement helped me to see the mess I was making of my life.
From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers
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
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
Cameras had to clear the ejection path, run on batteries so as to not tap into the plane’s power, and safely and securely withstand shocks, vibration and more than 7.5 Gs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 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
"He pulled twelve g's on the ascent. Give him a few minutes."
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
“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
Until Medico Stapp came along with his cool scientist's insistence on using himself as guinea pig, fighter-planes were built to stand an expected stress of nine gs.
From Time Magazine Archive
He rarely raises his voice; he never orates; he always drops his gs.
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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