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1. 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/ (G sharp) is a tone intermediate between G and A.
2. n. a purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with cytosine
3. n. nucleotide derived from guanine with a deoxyribose sugar and a phosphate group
4. n. the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
5. n. a unit of information equal to 1000 megabytes or 10^9 (1,000,000,000) bytes
6. n. a unit of information equal to 1024 mebibytes or 2^30 (1,073,741,824) bytes
7. n. (physics) the universal constant relating force to mass and distance in Newton's law of gravitation
8. n. the 7th letter of the Roman alphabet
9. n. a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram
10. n. 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
11. 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, §§ 231-6, 155, 176, 178, 179, 196, 211, 246. 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. garden, yard; drag, draw; also to ch and h; as in get, prehensile; guest, host (an army); gall, choler; gust, choose. See C. 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# (G sharp) is a tone intermediate between G and A.
12. 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 originallyused as the treble clef, and has gradually changed into the characterrepresented in the margin. See Clef. G# (G sharp) is a toneintermediate between G and A.