G

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  G \G\ (j[=e])
     1. G is the seventh letter of the English alphabet, and a
        vocal consonant. It has two sounds; one simple, as in
        gave, go, gull; the other compound (like that of j), as in
        gem, gin, dingy. See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect]
        231-6, 155, 176, 178, 179, 196, 211, 246.


        [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: The form of G is from the Latin, in the alphabet which
           it first appeared as a modified form of C. The name is
           also from the Latin, and probably comes to us through
           the French. Etymologically it is most closely related
           to a c hard, k y, and w; as in corn, grain, kernel; kin
           L. genus, Gr. ?; E. garden, yard; drag, draw; also to
           ch and h; as in get, prehensile; guest, host (an army);
           gall, choler; gust, choose. See {C}.
           [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Mus.) G is the name of the fifth tone of the natural or
        model scale; -- called also {sol} by the Italians and
        French. It was also originally used as the treble clef,
        and has gradually changed into the character represented
        in the margin. See {Clef}. G[sharp] (G sharp) is a tone
        intermediate between G and A.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  g
       n 1: a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a
            kilogram [syn: {gram}, {gramme}, {gm}]
       2: a purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with cytosine
          [syn: {guanine}]
       3: one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four
          nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar
          (ribose) [syn: {deoxyguanosine monophosphate}]
       4: the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100 [syn:
          {thousand}, {one thousand}, {1000}, {M}, {K}, {chiliad}, {grand},
           {thou}, {yard}]
       5: a unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity; used
          to indicate the force to which a body is subjected when it
          is accelerated [syn: {gee}, {g-force}]
       6: a unit of information equal to one billion (1,073,741,824)
          bytes or 1024 megabytes [syn: {gigabyte}, {GB}]
       7: (physics) the universal constant relating force to mass and
          distance in Newton's law of gravitation [syn: {gravitational
          constant}, {universal gravitational constant}, {constant
          of gravitation}]
       8: the 7th letter of the Roman alphabet

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  79 Moby Thesaurus words for "G":
     C, C-note, G suit, G-note, M, apogeotropism, buck, cartwheel, cent,
     century, chiliad, chiliagon, chiliahedron, chiliarch, chiliarchia,
     copper, dime, dollar, dollar bill, fifty cents, fin, fish,
     five cents, five hundred dollars, five-dollar bill,
     five-hundred-dollar bill, five-spot, fiver, four bits, frogskin,
     geotropism, grand, gravitation, graviton, gravity, half G,
     half a C, half dollar, half grand, hundred-dollar bill, iron man,
     kilo, kilocycle, kilogram, kilohertz, kiloliter, kilometer, lakh,
     mass, mill, millennium, millepede, milligram, milliliter, myriad,
     nickel, one hundred thousand, penny, quarter, red cent, sawbuck,
     silver dollar, skin, smacker, specific gravity, ten cents,
     ten thousand, ten-spot, tenner, thou, thousand, thousand dollars,
     thousand-dollar bill, twenty-dollar bill, twenty-five cents,
     two bits, two-dollar bill, two-spot, yard
  
  

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  G pref.,suff. [SI] See {{quantifiers}}.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  
       
           grin.  An alternative to {smiley}.
       
          [{Jargon File}]
       
          (1998-01-18)
       
       

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  G
       
          1.  ["G: A Functional Language with Generic Abstract
          Data Types", P.A.G. Bailes, Computer Langs 12(2):69-94
          (1987)].
       
          2.  A language developed at {Oregon State
          University} in 1988 which combines {functional programming},
          {object-oriented programming}, relational, {imperative} and
          {logic programming} (you name it we got it).
       
          ["The Multiparadigm Language G", J. Placer, Computer Langs
          16:235-258(1991)].
       
          3.  The abbreviated form of {giga-}.
       
          [{Jargon File}]
       
          (1996-08-12)