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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 The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), also known locally as "The 'G", is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Victoria. Founded and managed by the Melbourne Cricket Club, it is the largest stadiu ...
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 * G (''Street Fighter''), a fictional character in the ''Street Fighter'' 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

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G (musical note) Sol, so, or G is the fifth note of the fixed-do solfège starting on C. It is the fifth note and the eighth semitone of the solfège. As such it is the dominant, a perfect fifth above C or perfect fourth below C. When calculated in equal temp ...
* 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 The following is a complete list of compositions of classical composer Luigi Boccherini. Boccherini's works were catalogued by the French musicologist Yves Gérard (1932–2020) in the ''Gérard catalog'', published in London (1969), hence ...
, 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 Motion picture ratings in Canada are mostly a provincial responsibility, and each province has its own legislation regarding exhibition and admission. For home video purposes, a single Canadian Home Video Rating System rating consisting of an av ...
*
Eirin The , also known as , is Japan's self-regulatory film regulator. Eirin was established on the model of the now-defunct American Motion Picture Producers and Distributors Association's Production Code Administration in June 1949, succeeding t ...
*
Irish Film Classification Office The Irish Film Classification Office (IFCO) ( ga, Oifig Aicmithe Scannán na hÉireann, OASÉ) is the organisation responsible for films, television programmes, and some video game classification and censorship within Republic of Ireland, Irel ...
*
Media Development Authority The Media Development Authority (abbreviation: MDA) was a statutory board of the Singapore Government, under the Ministry of Communications and Information (MCI). History MDA was formed on 1 January 2003 by the merger of Singapore Broadcasting ...
* Motion Picture Association of America film rating system * Movie and Television Review and Classification Board *
National Bureau of Classification (NBC) National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, ce ...
* 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 * ''G'' (magazine) *G, the production code for the 1964 ''Doctor Who'' serial '' The Sensorites'' * ''
"G" Is for Gumshoe ''"G" Is for Gumshoe'' (1990) is the seventh novel in Sue Grafton's "Alphabet" series of mystery novels and features Kinsey Millhone, a private eye based in Santa Teresa, California. In ''"G" Is for Gumshoe'', Kinsey Millhone meets fellow inve ...
'', the seventh novel in Sue Grafton's ''Alphabet Mystery'' series, published in 1990 * The G logo for the Brazilian television network Gazeta in São Paulo since 2000


Brands and enterprises

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Mercedes-Benz G-Class The Mercedes-Benz G-Class, sometimes colloquially called the G-Wagen (as an abbreviation of Geländewagen) is a four-wheel drive automobile manufactured by Magna Steyr (formerly Steyr-Daimler-Puch) in Austria and sold by Mercedes-Benz. Originall ...
, an automobile * The Gillette Company, ticker symbol G on the New York Stock Exchange


Mathematics and science


In astrophysics

* G, a
stellar classification In astronomy, stellar classification is the classification of stars based on their stellar spectrum, spectral characteristics. Electromagnetic radiation from the star is analyzed by splitting it with a Prism (optics), prism or diffraction grati ...
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

* g, an abbreviation for gaseous * 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 factor (psychometrics), a variable used in investigations of cognitive abilities and human intelligence * G-spot, or Gräfenberg spot, an erogenous area of the vagina *
Gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid ''gamma''-Hydroxybutyric acid (or γ-hydroxybutyric acid (GHB), also known as 4-hydroxybutanoic acid) is a naturally occurring neurotransmitter and a depressant drug. It is a precursor to GABA, glutamate, and glycine in certain brain areas. ...
, 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

* "G", a visual programming language for National Instruments' LabVIEW * G, the customary prefix for Gibi, the binary multiple meaning 10243 = 1073741824 * G-code, common name for computer numerical control (CNC) programming language


In linguistics

* , a symbol in IPA for '' voiced uvular plosive'' * , a symbol in IPA for '' voiced velar stop''


In mathematics

* Catalan's constant, which appears in combinatorics *
Graham's number Graham's number is an immense number that arose as an upper bound on the answer of a problem in the mathematical field of Ramsey theory. It is much larger than many other large numbers such as Skewes's number and Moser's number, both of which ar ...
, an extremely large number arising in Ramsey theory * Meijer G-function G_^ *
Metric tensor In the mathematical field of differential geometry, a metric tensor (or simply metric) is an additional structure on a manifold (such as a surface) that allows defining distances and angles, just as the inner product on a Euclidean space allows ...
, a type of function defined on a manifold, and a generalization of the dot product


In physics


With respect to electromagnetism

*
G band (disambiguation) G band may refer to: * G band (IEEE), a millimetre wave band from 110 to 300 GHz * G band (NATO), a radio frequency band from 4 to 6 GHz * G band, representing a green hued wavelength of in the photometric systems adopted by astronomers * G bandi ...
* 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 The gravitational constant (also known as the universal gravitational constant, the Newtonian constant of gravitation, or the Cavendish gravitational constant), denoted by the capital letter , is an empirical physical constant involved in ...
, G, an empirical physical constant * Graviton (G), a fundamental particle theorized to mediate the gravitational interaction *
Gravity of Earth The gravity of Earth, denoted by , is the net acceleration that is imparted to objects due to the combined effect of gravitation (from mass distribution within Earth) and the centrifugal force (from the Earth's rotation). It is a vector quanti ...
, g, the local acceleration due to gravity ** ''g''-force, the acceleration of a body relative to free fall **
Standard gravity The standard acceleration due to gravity (or standard acceleration of free fall), sometimes abbreviated as standard gravity, usually denoted by or , is the nominal gravitational acceleration of an object in a vacuum near the surface of the Earth. ...
(''g''0 or ''g''n), the standardised acceleration due to gravity on Earth


Other uses in physics

* Gibbs free energy, a function of thermodynamics *
Gluon A gluon ( ) is an elementary particle that acts as the exchange particle (or gauge boson) for the strong force between quarks. It is analogous to the exchange of photons in the electromagnetic force between two charged particles. Gluons bind q ...
(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 * G, Birmingham gauge, used to measure the diameter of hypodermic needles


Slang

* G, 1000 in popular culture, especially in relation to money; short for "grand" *
Gangsta Gangsta may refer to: Urban culture * Gangsta rap, a subgenre of hip hop music that evolved from hardcore hip hop and purports to reflect urban crime and the violent lifestyles of inner-city youths * Gangster, a member of a gang * Hip hop fashio ...
, in hip hop culture, the word for a person or a style


Transportation

* G (Los Angeles Railway) * G (New York City Subway service), the G Brooklyn–Queens Crosstown Local, a rapid transit service * G, the
aircraft registration prefix This is a list of aircraft registration prefixes used by civil aircraft: Current (post-1928) allocations The 1928 markings have been amended and added to over the years, with the current markings being: Post-1928 table notes Pre-1928 allocat ...
for the United Kingdom *
G Line (Los Angeles Metro) The G Line (formerly the Orange Line) is a bus rapid transit line in Los Angeles, California, operated by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro). It operates between and stations in the San Fernando Valley. The ...


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 * Golf, the military time zone code for UTC+07:00 * G (or the more specific G-4 or G-6), a relatively poor grade of coin * G (short for "Greek") in
biblical criticism Biblical criticism is the use of critical analysis to understand and explain the Bible. During the eighteenth century, when it began as ''historical-biblical criticism,'' it was based on two distinguishing characteristics: (1) the concern to ...
refers to the Septuagint, the oldest extant translation of the Hebrew scriptures into Greek. *
Guard (gridiron football) In gridiron football, a guard (G), otherwise known as an offensive guard (OG), is a player who lines up between the center (American football), center and the offensive tackle, tackles on the offensive line of a football team on the line of scr ...


See also

* 1G (disambiguation) *
G1 (disambiguation) G1, G01, G.I, G-1, or G One may refer to: Science and technology * G1 phase, in the cellular cycle * G1 regulatory sequence for the insulin gene * ATC code G01 ''Gynecological antiinfectives and antiseptics'', a subgroup of the Anatomical Therap ...
* Gee (disambiguation) * GS (disambiguation) {{disambiguation ca:G#Significats de G la:G#Abbreviationes hu:G#Jelentései ja:G#G の意味 simple:G#Meanings for G sl:G#Pomeni fi:G#G-kirjaimen merkityksiä sv:G#Betydelser