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GS

1. General Schedule (referring to the Civil Service job classification system).
2. general staff.
3. German silver.

G.S.

1. general secretary.
2. general staff.
Also, g.s.

G, 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

plural Gs or G's.
1. Slang. grand: a sum of one thousand dollars.
2. (sometimes lowercase) Aerospace. gravity: a unit of acceleration equal to the acceleration of gravity at the earth's surface.
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g 1 or G   (jē)   
n.   pl. g's or G's also gs or Gs
  1. The seventh letter of the modern English alphabet.

  2. Any of the speech sounds represented by the letter g.

  3. The seventh in a series.

  4. Something shaped like the letter G.

  5. Music

    1. The fifth tone in the scale of C major or the seventh tone in the relative minor scale.

    2. A key or scale in which G is the tonic.

    3. A written or printed note representing this tone.

    4. A string, key, or pipe tuned to the pitch of this tone.

general staff  
n.   Abbr. GS
A group of military officers charged with assisting the commander of a division or higher unit in planning, coordinating, and supervising operations.
ground speed also ground·speed   (ground'spēd')
n.   Abbr. GS
The speed of an airborne aircraft relative to the ground it traverses in a given period of time.
GS  
abbr.  
  1. general staff

  2. ground speed

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Financial Dictionary

g

Used immediately following the stock name in stock transaction tables of newspapers to indicate that dividends and earnings are in Canadian currency but that the stock price is in U.S. dollars: Dome g .12.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
Copyright © 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: G
Pronunciation: "jE-'tü-
Function: noun
: the period in the cell cycle from the completion of DNA replication to the beginning of celldivision —compare G M PHASE, S PHASE
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

G abbr.

  1. glucose

  2. gravitational constant

  3. guanine

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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Computing Dictionary

GS
Group Separator

gs networking
The country code for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
(1999-01-27)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
GS
  1. games started

  2. general staff

  3. ground speed

The American Heritage® Abbreviations Dictionary, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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