g
abbreviation
[ dʒiː ]
• gas.
• gelding.
• gram(s).
• denoting quantum states or wave functions which do not change sign on inversion through the origin.
g
symbol
• the acceleration due to gravity, equal to 9.81 m/s2.
G
noun
• the seventh letter of the alphabet.
• the fifth note in the diatonic scale of C major.
G
abbreviation
• gauss.
• (in units of measurement) giga- (109).
• "up to 79 Gbytes of mass data storage"
• grand (a thousand dollars).
• "I was up nine Gs on the blackjack tables"
• a unit of acceleration equal to that produced by the earth's gravitational field.
• "I was pinned to the floor by six Gs!"
G
symbol
• general audiences, a rating for a film that is suitable for all ages.
• Gibbs free energy.
• the gravitational constant, equal to 6.67 × 10−11 N m2 kg−2.
gauss
noun
• a unit of magnetic induction, equal to one ten-thousandth of a tesla.
Origin:
late 19th century: named after Karl Gauss (see Gauss, Karl Friedrich).
Gibbs free energy
noun
• a thermodynamic quantity equal to the enthalpy (of a system or process) minus the product of the entropy and the absolute temperature.
Origin:
named after J. W. Gibbs (see Gibbs, Josiah Willard).
gram
noun
• a metric unit of mass equal to one thousandth of a kilogram.
Origin:
late 18th century: from French gramme, from late Latin gramma ‘a small weight’, from Greek.
gravitational constant
noun
• the constant in Newton's law of gravitation relating gravity to the masses and separation of particles, equal to 6.67 × 10−11 N m2 kg−2.
