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gal
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[gal] 
–noun Informal.
| a girl or woman. |
gal
2 [gal] –noun
| a centimeter-gram-second unit of acceleration, equal to one centimeter per second per second. |
Gal.
gal.
| gallon; gallons. |
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| gal 1 (gāl) n. Informal A girl. [Alteration of girl.] |
| gal 2 (gāl) n. The centimeter-gram-second unit of acceleration, equal to one centimeter per second per second. [After Galileo Galilei.] |
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gal
slang pronunciation of girl, 1795, execrated as a Cockney vulgarism. Gal Friday is 1940, in reference to "Robinson Crusoe."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Language Translation for : gal
Spanish:
mal, torcido,
German:
verkehrt,
Japanese:
誤って
Main Entry: GAL
Function: abbreviation
guardian ad litem
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Main Entry: gal
Function: abbreviation
1 galactose
2 gallon
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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GAL hardware
Generic Array Logic.
(1995-12-09)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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| GAL get a life |
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gal
unit of acceleration, named in honour of the Italian physicist and astronomer Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) and used especially in measurements of gravity. One gal equals a change in rate of motion of one centimetre (0.3937 inch) per second per second.
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Encyclopedia Britannica, 2008. Encyclopedia Britannica Online.
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