g (n.)

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

    [ Syn: gram , gramme , gm ]

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

    [ Syn: guanine , g ]

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

    [ Syn: deoxyguanosine monophosphate , g ]

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

    [ Syn: thousand , one thousand , 1000 , m , k , chiliad , g , grand , thou , yard ]

  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

    [ Syn: gee , g-force ]

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

    [ Syn: gigabyte , g , gb ]

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

    [ Syn: gigabyte , gibibyte , g , gb , gib ]

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

    [ Syn: gravitational constant , universal gravitational constant , constant of gravitation , g ]

  9. the 7th letter of the Roman alphabet

    [ Syn: g , g , g , g ]

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