G Definition

noun
The seventh letter of the English alphabet: from the Greek gamma, a borrowing from the Phoenician.
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Any of the speech sounds that this letter represents, as, in English, the (g) of get or (j) of gem.
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A type or impression for g or G.
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The seventh in a sequence or group.
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An object shaped like G.
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abbreviation
Gram(s)
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Game(s)
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Gauge.
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Gauss(es)
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Genitive.
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adjective
Of g or G.
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Seventh in a sequence or group.
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Shaped like G.
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symbol
Conductance.
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(metrology) Symbol for the gigaohm, an SI unit of electrical resistance equal to 109 ohms.

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(analysis, topology) A countable intersection of open sets.

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(computing) The ASCII control character bell in caret notation.

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letter

The seventh letter of the English alphabet, called gee and written in the Latin script.

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The seventh letter of the English alphabet, called gee and written in the Latin script.

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numeral

The ordinal number seventh, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called gee and written in the Latin script.

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Origin of G

  • G, the initial letter of each of the component words of the noun phrase + ³, representing the alliterative tripling of the g initials

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  • From German Gebiet (“neighborhood”) for 'G' and German Durchschnitt (“intersection”) for the 'δ'.

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  • g(rand) one thousand dollars

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition