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G

/dʒi/
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Definitions of G
  1. noun
    the 7th letter of the Roman alphabet
    synonyms: g
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    type of:
    alphabetic character, letter, letter of the alphabet
    the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech
  2. noun
    the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
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    types:
    millenary
    a sum or aggregate of one thousand (especially one thousand years)
    type of:
    large integer
    an integer equal to or greater than ten
  3. noun
    (physics) the universal constant relating force to mass and distance in Newton's law of gravitation
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    type of:
    constant
    a number representing a quantity assumed to have a fixed value in a specified mathematical context
  4. noun
    a unit of information equal to 1000 megabytes or 10^9 (1,000,000,000) bytes
    synonyms: GB, gigabyte
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    type of:
    computer memory unit
    a unit for measuring computer memory
  5. noun
    a unit of information equal to 1024 mebibytes or 2^30 (1,073,741,824) bytes
    synonyms: GB, GiB, gibibyte, gigabyte
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    type of:
    computer memory unit
    a unit for measuring computer memory
  6. noun
    one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose)
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    type of:
    base, nucleotide
    a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA)
  7. noun
    a purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with cytosine
    synonyms: guanine
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    type of:
    purine
    any of several bases that are derivatives of purine
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