g

noun

1. a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram

   Synonyms

   • gram, gramme, gm

   Less specific

   • metric weight unit, weight unit

   Parts

   • obolus, carat

   Part of

   • dekagram, decagram, dkg, dag

2. a purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with cytosine

   Synonyms

   • guanine, G

   Less specific

   • purine

   Made from

   • deoxyribonucleic acid, desoxyribonucleic acid, DNA, ribonucleic acid, RNA

3. one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose)

   Synonyms

   • deoxyguanosine monophosphate, G

   Less specific

   • nucleotide, base

4. the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100

   Synonyms

   • thousand, one thousand, 1000, M, K, chiliad, G, grand, thou, yard

   Less specific

   • large integer

   More specific

   • millenary

5. 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

   Less specific

   • force unit

6. a unit of information equal to 1000 megabytes or 10^9 (1,000,000,000) bytes

   Synonyms

   • gigabyte, G, GB

   Less specific

   • computer memory unit

   Parts

   • megabyte, M, MB

   Part of

   • terabyte, TB

7. a unit of information equal to 1024 mebibytes or 2^30 (1,073,741,824) bytes

   Synonyms

   • gigabyte, gibibyte, G, GB, GiB

   Less specific

   • computer memory unit

   Parts

   • megabyte, mebibyte, M, MB, MiB

   Part of

   • terabyte, tebibyte, TB, TiB

8. (physics) the universal constant relating force to mass and distance in Newton’s law of gravitation

   Synonyms

   • gravitational constant, universal gravitational constant, constant of gravitation, G

   Less specific

   • constant

   Part of

   • law of gravitation, Newton's law of gravitation

9. the 7th letter of the Roman alphabet

   Synonyms

   • G

   Less specific

   • letter, letter of the alphabet, alphabetic character

   Member of

   • Roman alphabet, Latin alphabet