nounplural noun Gs, plural noun G's

• 1The seventh letter of the alphabet.

  Synonyms

  thousand dollars, thousand pounds

  1. 1.1Denoting the next after F in a set of items, categories, etc.
  2. 1.2gChess Denoting the seventh file from the left, as viewed from White's side of the board.
• 2Music
  The fifth note in the diatonic scale of C major.

  1. 2.1A key based on a scale with G as its keynote.

abbreviation

• 1Physics
  Gauss.

• 2in combination (in units of measurement) giga- (10⁹)

  More example sentences

  • ‘up to 79 Gbytes of mass data storage’
• 3North American informal Grand (a thousand dollars)

  More example sentences

  • ‘I was up nine Gs on the blackjack tables’
• 4A unit of gravitational force equal to that exerted by the earth's gravitational field.

  More example sentences

  • ‘I was pinned to the floor by six Gs!’
• 5German.

• 6Good.

• 1Chemistry
  Gibbs free energy.

• 2North American General audiences, a rating in the Voluntary Movie Rating System that all ages may be admitted.

• 3Physics
  The gravitational constant, equal to 6.67 × 10⁻¹¹N m² kg⁻².

• 4Physics
  Conductance.

abbreviation

• 1Chemistry
  Gas.

• 2Gelding.

• 3Gram(s).

• 4Physics
  Denoting quantum states or wave functions which do not change sign on inversion through the origin.

  The opposite of u

  Origin

  From German gerade ‘even’.

• The acceleration due to gravity, equal to 9.81 m/s².