G
| The Latin alphabet | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aa | Bb | Cc | Dd | ||
| Ee | Ff | Gg | Hh | Ii | Jj |
| Kk | Ll | Mm | Nn | Oo | Pp |
| Rr | Ss | Tt | Uu | Vv | |
| Ww | Xx | Yy | Zz | ||
G is the 7th (number 7) letter in the English alphabet (or Latin alphabet).
History
The letter G was created in the third century BC by Spurius Carvilius Ruga. At the time, the letter C sounded like the "c" in "cat" and the "g" in "girl". To make the difference more clear, Ruga created the letter G.
Meanings for G
- In movies, G is a rating given by the Motion Picture Association of America, meaning the movie is good to be viewed by all people ("general" audiences).
- In music, G is a note, sometimes referred to as “Sol” or “So” it
- In common speech, G is a slang word for 'gangsta' or 'gangster'.
- In the SI, g is the symbol for the gram.
- G is a unit of gravitational acceleration.
- Alternative case form of G grand: means thousand.
- Letter G stands for GPRS (General Packet Radio Service). It indicates the slowest speed of Internet data transfer in your mobile phone. When you see G near your signal strength indicator, it is certain that your net connection is working at the slowest speed. 2G, 3G and 4G indicates different speed of internet.
- In particle physics, lowercase G stands for the gluon.
- In particle physics, the uppercase G stands for the not yet discovered Graviton. There are two sounds of the letter G, hard and soft. If you have an L after it, you have glad. You have grandmother if R is after it, too. Some words start with a silent G before N, such as gnat and gnome. The silent G coming before N can also come at the end of other words, such as in the word sign.
G Media
Black and white silhouette of Camelus bactrianus
- Proto-semitic Gimel, a theological invention.
Phoenician letter gimel
Glyph shape found in ancient Greek epigraphy (Gamma).
Early Etruscan c
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Phoenician letter gimel
One epigraphic letter shape of ancient Greek letter Gamma.
Etruscan H
Old Latin letter G/C, created with Inkscape by using the PNG-Version as template.
Latin capital letter G in the style of the Roman Capitalis monumentalis, using the font Trajan Pro
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