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1. | [ noun ] a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram | |
Synonyms: | gram gm gramme | |
Related terms: | metric_weight_unit dekagram carat obolus | |
2. | [ noun ] (computer science) a unit of information equal to one billion (1,000,000,000) bytes or one thousand megabytes | |
Synonyms: | Gigabyte Gb GB gigabyte | |
Related terms: | computer_memory_unit terabyte megabyte | |
3. | [ noun ] (biology,chemistry,biochemistry) a purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with cytosine | |
Synonyms: | guanine | |
Related terms: | purine ribonucleic_acid deoxyribonucleic_acid | |
4. | [ noun ] (mathematics) the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100 | |
Synonyms: | thousand M thou K chiliad grand 1000 yard one_thousand | |
Related terms: | large_integer | |
5. | [ noun ] the 7th letter of the Roman alphabet | |
Related terms: | letter Roman_alphabet | |
6. | [ noun ] (chemistry) one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose) | |
Synonyms: | deoxyguanosine_monophosphate | |
Related terms: | nucleotide | |
7. | [ noun ] (physics) 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 | |
Synonyms: | gee g-force | |
Related terms: | force_unit | |
8. | [ noun ] (physics) the universal constant relating force to mass and distance in Newton's law of gravitation | |
Synonyms: | constant_of_gravitation universal_gravitational_constant gravitational_constant | |
Related terms: | constant law_of_gravitation physics | |
Similar spelling: |
gu go Gi Ge ga guy Guo GUI Gue goy Gow goo Goh Goe goa gia Gee gay Gaw Gau Gao |