G (disambiguation)

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 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
G (2019 film), a Gujarati language action film from India

Music

Notation

G (musical note)
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, 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
Eirin
Irish Film Classification Office
Media Development Authority
Motion Picture Association of America film rating system
Movie and Television Review and Classification Board
National Bureau of Classification (NBC)
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, the seventh novel in Sue Grafton's Alphabet Mystery series, published in 1990
The G logo for the Brazilian television network TV Gazeta in São Paulo since 2000

Brands and enterprises

Mercedes-Benz G-Class, an automobile
The Gillette Company, ticker symbol G on the New York Stock Exchange

Mathematics and science

In astrophysics

G, a stellar classification for yellowish stars
G, part of a provisional designation in astronomy for any comet, asteroid, or minor planet discovered between April 1 and 15
G-object, starlike clouds of gas and dust that are found orbiting Sagittarius A* at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy

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-spot, or Gräfenberg spot, an erogenous area of the vagina
Gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid, 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

ɢ, a symbol in IPA for voiced uvular plosive
ɡ, a symbol in IPA for voiced velar stop

In mathematics

Catalan's constant, which appears in combinatorics
Graham's number, an extremely large number arising in Ramsey theory
Meijer G-function $G_{{p,q}}^{{m,n}}$
Metric tensor, a type of function defined on a manifold, and a generalization of the dot product

In physics

With respect to electromagnetism

G band (disambiguation)
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, G, an empirical physical constant
Graviton (G), a fundamental particle theorized to mediate the gravitational interaction
Gravity of Earth, g, the local acceleration due to gravity
- g-force, the acceleration of a body relative to free fall
- Standard gravity (g₀ or g_n), the standardised acceleration due to gravity on Earth

Other uses in physics

Gibbs free energy, a function of thermodynamics
Gluon (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

Slang

G, 1000 in popular culture, especially in relation to money; short for "grand"
Gangsta, in hip hop culture, the word for a person or a style

Transportation

G (New York City Subway service), the G Brooklyn–Queens Crosstown Local, a rapid transit service
G, the aircraft registration prefix for the United Kingdom

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 refers to the Septuagint, the oldest extant translation of the Hebrew scriptures into Greek.