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Other Definitions
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G| Noun | 1. | g - a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogramobolus - a Greek unit of weight equal to one tenth of a gram carat - a unit of weight for precious stones = 200 mg | | | 2. | G - a purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with cytosinepurine - any of several bases that are derivatives of purine deoxyribonucleic acid, desoxyribonucleic acid, DNA - (biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix; associated with the transmission of genetic information; "DNA is the king of molecules" ribonucleic acid, RNA - (biochemistry) a long linear polymer of nucleotides found in the nucleus but mainly in the cytoplasm of a cell where it is associated with microsomes; it transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm and controls certain chemical processes in the cell; "ribonucleic acid is the genetic material of some viruses" | | | 3. | G - one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose)nucleotide - a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA) | | | 4. | G - the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100 | | | 5. | g - 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 acceleratedforce unit - a unit of measurement of physical force | | | 6. | G - a unit of information equal to one billion (1,073,741,824) bytes or 1024 megabytesMB, megabyte - a unit of information equal to one million (1,048,576) bytes terabyte, TB, T - a unit of information equal to a trillion (1,099,511,627,776) bytes or 1024 gigabytes | | | 7. | G - (physics) the universal constant relating force to mass and distance in Newton's law of gravitationlaw of gravitation, Newton's law of gravitation - (physics) the law that states any two bodies attract each other with a force that is directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them constant - a number representing a quantity assumed to have a fixed value in a specified mathematical context; "the velocity of light is a constant" | | | 8. | G - the 7th letter of the Roman alphabetLatin alphabet, Roman alphabet - the alphabet evolved by the ancient Romans which serves for writing most of the languages of western Europe | |
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