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abbreviation
- Georgia, a state of the United States of America.
- Genetic Algorithm, a search heuristic used in computer science.
- (netball) goal attack
- general aviation
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noun
- An educational discipline based on the notion that certain techniques can enhance one's ability to evaluate and respond to the world
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verb (generat, ing)
- (transitive) To bring into being; give rise to.
- The discussion generated an uproar.
- (transitive) To produce as a result of a chemical or physical process.
- Adding concentrated sulphuric acid to water generates heat.
- (transitive) To procreate.
- They generated many offspring.
- (context, transitive, mathematics) To form a figure from a curve or solid.
- Rotating a circle generates a sphere.
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| gentile |
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adjective
- non-Jewish
- aristocratic; upper class; polite and proper
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| ghost word |
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noun (plural ghost words)
- A fictitious word that has been published in a dictionary, or has been adopted as genuine, as the result of misinterpretation or a typographical error.
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| Gimel |
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noun gimel
- The third letter of the Hebrew alphabet, �.
proper noun - A Swiss comune.
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| Glagolitic |
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proper noun
- The oldest known Slavonic alphabet, created by Saint Cyril around AD 862"863. It was soon replaced by the Cyrillic alphabet. The Croatian variant is still found in use in the Croatian Church along the Dalmatian coast. It was the first script (along with the Croatian language) that was granted special permission by the Vatican to be used in liturgy instead of Latin.
adjective
- Of or referring to the Glagolitic alphabet.
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| glottochronology |
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noun - the study of languages to determine when they diverged from being the same language
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| glottogony |
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noun - the genesis of language, i. e. the emergence of a system of verbal communication from proto-linguistic or non-linguistic means of communication
- the study of language origins
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| Gothic |
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noun Goth"ic
- an extinct language, once spoken by the Goths in what is now Ukraine and Bulgaria.
adjective or gothic
- of or related to the Goth, Goths.
- of or related to the architecture, architectural style favored in western Europe in the 12th to 16th centuries.
- of or related to the goth subculture or lifestyle.
- of or related to a style of fictional writing emphasizing violent or macabre events in a mysterious, desolate setting.
- of a style of elaborate calligraphy based on medieval writing, also called black letter.
- (typography) of a sans serif typeface using straight, even-width lines, also called typesetters gothic.
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| grammar |
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noun
- (countable) A system of rules and principles for speaking and writing a language.
- (linguistics) (uncountable) The study of the internal structure of words (morphology) and the use of words in the construction of phrases and sentences (syntax).
- (countable) A book describing the rules of grammar of a language.
- (comptheory) (countable) A formal system specifying the syntax of a language.
- (comptheory) (countable) A formal system defining a formal language
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| grapheme |
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noun
- A fundamental unit of a writing system corresponding to letters in the English alphabet.
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| graphology |
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noun
- the study of handwriting, especially as a means of analyzing character
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| Greek |
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noun
- (countable) An inhabitant, resident, or a person of descent from Greece.
- (uncountable) The language of the Greek people, spoken in Greece, Cyprus, south Albania, parts of south FYROM, parts of Bulgaria and parts of Turkey and partially characterised by being written using the Greek alphabet. It is descended from Proto-Greek via Ancient Greek and other forms of Greek.
- (context, US, countable) A member of a college fraternity or sorority, which are commonly characterised by being named after Greek letters. (See also Greek system)
- "Was Joe a Greek in college?"
- (uncountable) Nonsense talk or writing; gibberish.
adjective
- Of or relating to Greece, the Greek people, or the Greek language.
- Of or pertaining to a fraternity or sorority.
- unintelligible, especially regarding foreign speech.
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