Main definitions of g in English

abbreviation

• 1Chemistry
  Gas.

• 2Gelding.

• 3Gram(s).

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

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

nounGs, 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. 1.2"g"Chess 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)

  ‘up to 79 Gbytes of mass data storage’

• 3North American informal Grand (a thousand dollars)

  ‘I was up nine Gs on the blackjack tables’

• 4A unit of acceleration equal to that produced by the earth's gravitational field.

  ‘I was pinned to the floor by six Gs!’

• 1North American General audiences, a rating for a film that is suitable for all ages.

• 2Chemistry
  Gibbs free energy.

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