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g
CIDE DICTIONARY
g,
- G is the seventh letter of the English alphabet, and a vocal consonant. It has two sounds; one simple, as in gave, go, gull; the other compound (like that of
j ), as in gem, gin, dingy. See Guide to Pronunciation,1913 Webster] "The form of G is from the Latin, in the alphabet which it first appeared as a modified form of C. The name is also from the Latin, and probably comes to us through the French. Etymologically it is most closely related to a c hard, k y, and w; as in corn, grain, kernel; kin L. genus, Gr. /; E. garden, yard; drag, draw; also to ch and h; as in get, prehensile; guest, host (an army); gall, choler; gust, choose. SeeC ." [1913 Webster] - G is the name of the fifth tone of the natural or model scale; -- called also
sol by the Italians and French. It was also originally used as the treble clef, and has gradually changed into the character represented in the margin. See Clef. G1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
g, n. (also g) (pl. Gs or G's)
1 the seventh letter of the alphabet.
2 Mus. the fifth note in the diatonic scale of C major.
1 the seventh letter of the alphabet.
2 Mus. the fifth note in the diatonic scale of C major.
g, abbr. (also G.)
1 gauss.
2 giga-.
3 gravitational constant.
4 US sl. = GRAND n. 2.
1 gauss.
2 giga-.
3 gravitational constant.
4 US sl. = GRAND n. 2.
g, abbr. (also g.)
1 gelding.
2 gram(s).
3 a gravity. b acceleration due to gravity.
1 gelding.
2 gram(s).
3 a gravity. b acceleration due to gravity.
THESAURUS
g
C, C-note, G suit, G-note, M, apogeotropism, buck, cartwheel, cent, century, chiliad, chiliagon, chiliahedron, chiliarch, chiliarchia, copper, dime, dollar, dollar bill, fifty cents, fin, fish, five cents, five hundred dollars, five-dollar bill, five-hundred-dollar bill, five-spot, fiver, four bits, frogskin, geotropism, grand, gravitation, graviton, gravity, half G, half a C, half dollar, half grand, hundred-dollar bill, iron man, kilo, kilocycle, kilogram, kilohertz, kiloliter, kilometer, lakh, mass, mill, millennium, millepede, milligram, milliliter, myriad, nickel, one hundred thousand, penny, quarter, red cent, sawbuck, silver dollar, skin, smacker, specific gravity, ten cents, ten thousand, ten-spot, tenner, thou, thousand, thousand dollars, thousand-dollar bill, twenty-dollar bill, twenty-five cents, two bits, two-dollar bill, two-spot, yardROGET THESAURUS
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Speciality
N speciality, specialite, individuality, individuity, particularity, peculiarity, idiocrasy, personality, characteristic, mannerism, idiosyncrasy, specificness, singularity, reading, version, lection, state, trait, distinctive feature, technicality, differentia, particulars, details, items, counts, minutiae, I, self, I myself, myself, himself, herself, itself, special, particular, individual, specific, proper, personal, original, private, respective, definite, determinate, especial, certain, esoteric, endemic, partial, party, peculiar, appropriate, several, characteristic, diagnostic, exclusive, singular, idiomatic, idiotypical, typical, this, that, yon, yonder, specially, especially, particularly, in particular, in propria persona, ad hominem, for my part, each, apiece, one by one, one at a time, severally, respectively, each to each, seriatim, in detail, in great detail, in excruciating detail, in mind-numbing detail, bit by bit, pro hac vice, pro re nata, namely, that is to say, for example, id est, exemplia gratia, e, g, i, e, videlicet, viz, to wit, le style est l'homme meme.Conformity
N conformity, conformance, observance, habituation, naturalization, conventionality, agreement, example, instance, specimen, sample, quotation, exemplification, illustration, case in point, object lesson, elucidation, standard, model, pattern, rule, nature, principle, law, order of things, normal state, natural state, ordinary state, model state, normal condition, natural condition, ordinary condition, model condition, standing dish, standing order, Procrustean law, law of the Medes and Persians, hard and fast rule, conformable to rule, regular, according to regulation, according to rule, according to Hoyle, according to Cocker, according to Gunter, en regle, selon les regles, well regulated, orderly, symmetric, conventional, of daily occurrence, of everyday occurrence, in the natural order of things, ordinary, common, habitual, usual, everyday, workaday, in the order of the day, naturalized, typical, normal, nominal, formal, canonical, orthodox, sound, strict, rigid, positive, uncompromising, Procrustean, secundum artem, shipshape, technical, exempIe, illustrative, in point, conformably, by rule, agreeably to, in conformity with, in accordance with, in keeping with, according to, consistently with, as usual, ad instar, instar omnium, more solito, more-majorum, for the sake of conformity, as a matter of course, of course, pro forma, for form's sake, by the card, invariably, for example, exempli gratia, e, g, inter alia, among other things, for instance, cela va sans dire, ex pede Herculem, noscitur a sociis, ne e quovis ligno Mercurius fiat, they are happy men whose natures sort with their v, The nail that sticks up hammered down, Tall poppy syndrome, Stick your neck out and it may get cut off.For further exploring for "g" in Webster Dictionary Online