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Define the word g

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]

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

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

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

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

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)