g meaning and definition

G noun

Definition of g (noun)

1. a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram
   • synonyms: gm, gram, gramme
2. a purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with cytosine
   • synonyms: guanine
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
4. the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
   • synonyms: 1000, chiliad, grand, K, M, one thousand, thou, thousand, 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
   • synonyms: gee, g-force
6. a unit of information equal to 1000 megabytes or 10^9 (1,000,000,000) bytes
   • synonyms: GB, gigabyte
7. a unit of information equal to 1024 mebibytes or 2^30 (1,073,741,824) bytes
   • synonyms: GB, GiB, gibibyte, gigabyte
8. (physics) the universal constant relating force to mass and distance in Newton's law of gravitation
   • synonyms: constant of gravitation, gravitational constant, universal gravitational constant
9. the 7th letter of the Roman alphabet
10. the 7th letter of the Roman alphabet