G - Definition

n 1: a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a
kilogram [syn: gram, gramme, gm, g]
2: a purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with cytosine [syn:
guanine, G]
3: one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four
nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar
(ribose) [syn: deoxyguanosine monophosphate, G]
4: the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100 [syn:
thousand, one thousand, 1000, M, K, chiliad, G,
grand, thou, 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 [syn: g, gee, g-force]
6: a unit of information equal to 1000 megabytes or 10^9
(1,000,000,000) bytes [syn: gigabyte, G, GB]
7: a unit of information equal to 1024 mebibytes or 2^30
(1,073,741,824) bytes [syn: gigabyte, gibibyte, G,
GB, GiB]
8: (physics) the universal constant relating force to mass and
distance in Newton's law of gravitation [syn: gravitational
constant, universal gravitational constant, constant of
gravitation, G]
9: the 7th letter of the Roman alphabet [syn: G, g]