| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| g | |
| —symbol for | |
| 1. | gallon(s) |
| 2. | gram(s) |
| 3. | acceleration of free fall (due to gravity) near the surface of the earth |
| 4. | grav |
| 5. | chess See algebraic notation |
| G | |
| —symbol for | |
| 1. | music |
| a. 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 | |
| b. a key, string, or pipe producing this note | |
| c. the major or minor key having this note as its tonic | |
| 2. | gauss |
| 3. | gravitational constant |
| 4. | physics conductance |
| 5. | biochem guanine |
| 6. | German |
| 7. | Gibbs function |
| 8. | giga |
| 9. | good |
| 10. | slang chiefly (US) grand (a thousand dollars or pounds) |
| 11. | in Australia |
| a. general exhibition (used to describe a category of film certified as suitable for viewing by anyone) | |
| b. (as modifier): a G film | |
| gs | |
| —the internet domain name for | |
| South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | |
| GS | |
| —abbreviation for | |
| 1. | General Secretary |
| 2. | General Staff |
g 1 (jē)
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A unit of acceleration equal to the acceleration caused by gravity at the earth's surface, about 9.8 meters (32 feet) per second per second.
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abbr.
gram
G abbr.
glucose
gravitational constant
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