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G is the seventh letter of the Latin alphabet.
G may also refer to:
Places
- Gabon, international license plate code G
- Glasgow, UK postal code G
- Eastern Quebec, Canadian postal prefix G
- Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne, Australia, generally called "The G" by locals
Arts, entertainment and media
Fictional characters
- G, a fictional character in the game Club Penguin
- G, a fictional character in Sega's The House of the Dead series
- Mr G, or Mr Gregson, a fictional character in the Australian TV comedy Summer Heights High
Films
- G (2002 film), by Christopher Scott Cherot
- G (2004 film), a documentary about methamphetamine use among the Navajo
Music
Notation
- G (musical note)
- G major, a scale
- G major chord, Chord names and symbols (popular music)
- G minor, a scale
Albums
- G (Gerald Levert album)
- G (King Creosote album)
- G. (album), an album by Gotthard
Other music
- A prefix used to denote the Gérard catalog, a catalogue of Luigi Boccherini's works compiled by Yves Gérard
Rating systems
G is a common type of content rating that applies to media entertainment, such as films, television shows and computer games, generally denoting "General Audience" meaning that access is not restricted. The following organizations all use the rating:
- Australian Classification Board
- Canadian motion picture rating system
- Eirin
- Irish Film Classification Office
- Media Development Authority
- Motion Picture Association of America film rating system
- Movie and Television Review and Classification Board
- National Bureau of Classification (NBC)
- Office of Film and Literature Classification (New Zealand)
The "G" rating is further documented at Motion picture content rating system and Television content rating system.
Other arts, entertainment and media
- G. (novel), by John Berger
Brands and enterprises
- Mercedes-Benz G-Class, an automobile
- The Gillette Company, ticker symbol G on the New York Stock Exchange
Mathematics and science
In astrophysics
- G, a stellar classification for yellowish stars
- G, part of a provisional designation in astronomy for any comet, asteroid, or minor planet discovered between April 1 and 15
In chemistry and biology
- ATC code G, Genito-urinary system and sex hormones, a section of the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System
- G protein, a family of proteins involved in transmitting signals across cell membranes
- G-spot, or Gräfenberg spot, an erogenous area of the vagina
- Gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid, a drug more commonly known as GHB
- Glycine, an amino acid
- Guanosine, a nucleoside
- Haplogroup G (mtDNA), a human mitochondrial haplogroup
- Haplogroup G (Y-DNA), a Y-chromosome haplogroup
In computing
In linguistics
- ɢ, a symbol in IPA for voiced uvular plosive
- ɡ, a symbol in IPA for voiced velar stop
In mathematics
- Catalan's constant, which appears in combinatorics
- Graham's number, an extremely large number arising in Ramsey theory
- Meijer G-function
- Metric tensor, a type of function defined on a manifold, and a generalization of the dot product
In physics
With respect to electromagnetism
- G band (disambiguation)
- Gauss (unit), a unit of magnetic induction
- Electrical conductance, g, the ease with which an electric current passes through a material
- g-factor (physics), the magnetic moment of a particle
With respect to gravitation
- Einstein tensor, G, in general relativity
- Gravitational constant, G, an empirical physical constant
- Graviton (G), a fundamental particle theorized to mediate the gravitational interaction
- Gravity of Earth, g, the local acceleration due to gravity
- g-force, the acceleration of a body relative to free fall
- Standard gravity (g0 or gn), the standardised acceleration due to gravity on Earth
Other uses in physics
- Gibbs free energy, a function of thermodynamics
- Gluon (g), a fundamental particle which mediates the strong interaction
- Shear modulus, in materials science, the ratio of shear stress to shear strain in a material
In scales, weights and measures
- G, giga-, an SI prefix meaning 109 = 1,000,000,000
- g, gram, a unit of mass in the SI system
- General intelligence factor, or "g factor", in psychometrics
Slang
- G, 1000 in popular culture, especially in relation to money; short for “grand”
- Gangsta, in hip hop culture, the word for a person or a style
Transportation
- G (New York City Subway service), the G Brooklyn–Queens Crosstown Local, a rapid transit service
- G, the aircraft registration prefix for the United Kingdom
Other uses
- G the ground floor, particularly in elevators
- G, an ITU prefix for radio and television call signs in the United Kingdom
- 'g', the growth rate, in the dividend discount model approach to financial valuation
- Dominical letter G for a common year starting on Monday
See also
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