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  • pg
    pg
    abbreviation
    picogram; picograms.
  • Pg
    Pg
    abbreviation
    Portugal.
  • PG
    PG
    abbreviation
    parental guidance: a rating assigned to a movie by the MPA indicating that children of all ages may attend but that some material may be deemed unsuitable and that parental guidance is advised.
  • pg.
    pg.
    abbreviation
    page.
  • P.G.
    P.G.
    abbreviation
    Past Grand.
  • Pg.
    Pg.
    abbreviation
    Portugal

pg

1 American  

abbreviation

  1. picogram; picograms.


Pg 2 American  
Or Pg.

abbreviation

  1. Portugal.

  2. Portuguese.


PG 3 American  

abbreviation

  1. Trademark. parental guidance: a rating assigned to a movie by the MPA indicating that children of all ages may attend but that some material may be deemed unsuitable and that parental guidance is advised.


PG 4 American  
Or P.G. or p.g.

abbreviation

Informal.
  1. pregnant.


pg. 5 American  

abbreviation

  1. page.


P.G. 6 American  

abbreviation

  1. Past Grand.

  2. paying guest.

  3. Postgraduate.

  4. Informal. pregnant. Also p.g.


PG 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. paying guest

  2. postgraduate

"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

Pg. 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. Portugal

  2. Portuguese

"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

PG 3 British  

symbol

  1. a film certified for viewing by anyone, but which contains scenes that may be unsuitable for children, for whom parental guidance is necessary

"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

pg. 4 British  

abbreviation

  1. page

"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

pg 5 British  

abbreviation

  1. Papua New Guinea

"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

Etymology

Origin of PG

An American designation established in 1972


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A little notebook with 1 pg per acct name - login -- password.

From New York Times ● Aug. 8, 2014

I'll be as discreet as Piscator could wish, In a style will enchant the Canadian fish, And utterly ravish the Yankee. pg 231 But now, as to bait?

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, March 4th 1914 by Various

The former number, of actual surfaces of order n − 4 with the assigned particularity in regard to the singularities of the surface, is now denoted by pg.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various

When this is so it can be shown that the linear system of curves is contained in an algebraic system whose dimension is greater by pg − pa than the dimension of the linear system.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various

This e-text is divided into three segments, following the book’s divisions, with breaks at pg.

From The South of France—East Half by C. B. Black

A single dose brought levels of Pg and Fn down to almost zero.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026

"And Pg and Fn infections worsen survival rates of untreated recurrent or metastatic oral cancer, even after surgery and risk-adjusted adjuvant, or supplemental, therapies."

From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026

The gauge pressure is Pg = hρg and is found by measuring h .

From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015

The total pressure, or absolute pressure, is thus the sum of gauge pressure and atmospheric pressure: Pabs = Pg + Patm where Pabs is absolute pressure, Pg is gauge pressure, and Patm is atmospheric pressure.

From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015

Pg 67 But my wish was granted, and I reproduce the portrait in this article.

From Piano Playing: With Piano Questions Answered by Josef Hofmann

The stop-motion fantasy is the studio’s first film rated above PG, and much of the industry is watching to see whether a darker, more mature animated feature can find an audience.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

"We wanted to understand the role of LPC70 in coordinating changes in PG signaling across organ systems," mentioned Prof. Mouri.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

PG 25 is based in John Wood Street, where the shops were donated to the community years ago by the owners of Lithgows shipbuilders.

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

For those operating on the PG side of its border, the odds of making a living as an influencer get slimmer by the day.

From Salon ● May 4, 2026

By then I had added to the warnings of my teachers what I’d learned about PG County through reporting and reading the papers.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates

As a staffer named Amelia wrote: “Mr. Gesner is my new favorite architect! Apparently an awesome guy too — he’s 89 and surfs everyday: check out the boat houses on pg. 90!”

From New York Times ● Dec. 19, 2014

Of course, it took pg. 21time to perceive this distinction between fundamental and superficial resemblances.

From The Scientific Evidences of Organic Evolution by George John Romanes

Of these pg. 12two hypotheses one is, intelligent design manifested in creation; and the other is, natural selection manifested during the countless ages of the past.

From The Scientific Evidences of Organic Evolution by George John Romanes

Ormonde's was changed to Ormond's on pg. xxii.

From The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 1 by Grace Wharton

For the purpose of the plain text version of this book it has been corrected. pg. xvii - Table of Contents - Chapter XVIII, pg.

From "And they thought we wouldn't fight" by Floyd Gibbons

I always know when I’m feeling blue, because I feel the gravitational pull of my long shelf of P.G.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 18, 2025

The late British author was a sophisticate with an eye for irony, influenced in large part by Monty Python’s random absurdities, P.G.

From Slate ● Nov. 7, 2023

For many readers, the first and foremost proponent of the subgenre is P.G.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 31, 2021

Wry, dryly funny, patrician, a great mimic, a seasoned anecdotalist, handsome into old age, his spoken sentences as beautifully constructed as his written ones, a lover of the crystalline prose and perfect plotting of P.G.

From New York Times ● Dec. 13, 2020

The greater part of the actual campaign work will be done by the following executive committee of the board: Professor Brander Matthews, chairman; Dr. Charles P.G.

From The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 3 May 1906 by Various

Pg. 58-62, several paragraphs beginning 'The agreement to so transfer....' to 'reference will be made hereafter.'

From British Borneo Sketches of Brunai, Sarawak, Labuan, and North Borneo by Sir W. H. (William Hood) Treacher

Many of the most Pg. 15delicate parts, even of working engines, passed through Watt's own hands, and for most of his experimental devices he had himself to make the models.

From James Watt by Andrew Carnegie

Southey says he actually prevented a duel between Danton and Robespierre by appearing on the ground and remonstrating Pg. 207with them, pointing out that if either fell the cause must suffer.

From James Watt by Andrew Carnegie

Return to your 100 lbs. of water at 60° and add Pg. 51one pound of water at 212° the same temperature as the steam you added, and the temperature will only be raised about 2°.

From James Watt by Andrew Carnegie

It was clearly seen that the two brothers, John and James, had Pg. 19to rely for their support upon their own unaided efforts.

From James Watt by Andrew Carnegie

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