G

UK: 'G', 'g': /ˈdʒiː/ US: 'G', 'g': /dʒi/ ,'G', 'g': (jē)

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G₁ phase, [Cell Biol.]

1. the first growth period of the cell cycle, during interphase, in which the cell grows and cytoplasmic organelles are replicated.

• German abbreviation for growth

G₂ phase, [Cell Biol.]

1. the second growth period of the cell cycle, following DNA replication and preceding prophase, during which the cell forms the materials that make up the spindle.

• German abbreviation for growth 1970–75

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G symbol

1. a note having a frequency of 392 hertz (G above middle C) or this value multiplied or divided by any power of 2; the fifth note of the scale of C major
2. a key, string, or pipe producing this note
3. the major or minor key having this note as its tonic
4. gauss
5. gravitational constant
6. conductance
7. guanine
8. German
9. Gibbs function
10. giga
11. good
12. grand (a thousand dollars or pounds)
13. (in Australia) general exhibition (used to describe a category of film certified as suitable for viewing by anyone)
14. (as modifier): a G film

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g, G / dʒiː/ noun (g's, G's, Gs)

1. the seventh letter and fifth consonant of the modern English alphabet
2. a speech sound represented by this letter, in English usually either a voiced velar stop, as in grass, or a voiced palato-alveolar affricate, as in page

g symbol

1. gallon(s)
2. gram(s)
3. acceleration of free fall (due to gravity) near the surface of the earth
4. grav

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G., g. abbreviation

1. Gulf
2. guilder(s)
3. guinea(s)