G

G
gram    g
(Mech.) moment of a couple
(Phys.) constant of gravitation    G
guidance and control    G & C
(acceleration of) gravity, gender, genitive,
 gram, grams, guinea     g.
German, good, (specific) gravity, guilder, gulf     G.
general agent, general assembly, general average    G. A.
Grand Army of the Republic     G. A. R.
guaranteed annual wage     G. A. W.
Great Britain     G. B.
General Federation of Women’s Clubs    G. F. W. C.
general headquarters    G. H. Q.
galvanized iron     G. I.
general staff    G. S.
guided missile.    G.M.
geometrical mean distance     G.M.D.
Greenwich mean time     G.M.T.
Grand Old Party (the Republican Party)     G.O.P.
Gas-oil ratio     G.O.R.
general practitioner, geometric progression     G.P.
gallons per day     g.p.d.
gallons per minute.    g.p.m. or
G. P. M.610
General Post Office     G.P.O.
gallons per second     g.p.s. or G.P.S.614
general quarters    G.Q.
Girl Scouts of America     G.S.A.
gain/temperature    g/t
members— (11) Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, US    G-10
members—(11) Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela    G-11
members—(15) Algeria, Argentina, Brazil, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Malaysia, Mexico, Nigeria, Peru, Senegal, Venezuela, former Yugoslavia, Zimbabwe    G-15
members—(19) Algeria, Argentina, Brazil, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela, Yugoslavia, Zambia    G-19
informal term that came into use about 1986; to facilitate bilateral economic cooperation between the two most powerful economic giants Japan, US    G-2
members—(24) Algeria, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guatemala, India, Iran, Lebanon, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Syria, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela, Yugoslavia    G-24
members—(3) Colombia, Mexico, Venezuela    G-3
members—(30) informal group of 30 leading international bankers, economists, financial experts, and business leaders organized by Johannes Witteveen (former managing director of the IMF)    G-30
members—(33) leading economists from 13 countries    G-33
members—(5) France, Germany, Japan, UK, US    G-5
members—(6) Argentina, Greece, India, Mexico, Sweden, Tanzania    G-6
members—(7) Group of 5 (France, Germany, Japan, UK, US) plus Canada and Italy    G-7
members—(131 plus the Palestine Liberation Organization) Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, The Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Cuba, Cyprus, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, South Korea, Kuwait, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Federated States of Micronesia, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Romania, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Syria, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Uganda, UAE, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Palestine Liberation Organization    G-77
members were Australia, Canada, EU (as one member), Japan, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, US    G-8
members—(9) Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Finland, Hungary, Romania, Sweden, Yugoslavia    G-9
group army    GA
Tabun    GA
Tabun nerve agent (non-persistent)    GA
(Chem.) gallium    Ga,
gauge    ga.
Georgia     Ga.
Gaelic     Gael.
Galatians     Gal.
gallon(s)    gaL.
Non-SI measure 1 Imp gallon (UK) = 4.546 liters, 1 US gallon = 3.785 litters.    gallons
galvanized     galv.
General Accounting Office    GAO
garage     gar.
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (old abbr.)    GATT
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade; subsumed by the World Trade Organization (WTrO) on 1 January 1995    GATT
Gaulish    Gaul.
gazette, gazetteer    gaz.
Sarin nerve agent (semi-persistent)    GB
ground-based interceptor    GBI
ground-based laser    GBL
ground-based radar    GBR
glide bomb unit    GBU
Geneva Convention    GC
ground-controlled approach    GCA
Gulf Cooperation Council    GCC
ground-controlled intercept    GCI
Ground control station (or system)    GCS
Guidance and Control Unit    GCU
Gross combination weight    GCW
guard    gd
Soman nerve agent (persistent)    GD
(Chem.) gadolinium    Gd
good    gd.
Day the ground war began    G-Day
general defense intelligence program    GDIP
General Dynamics Land Systems    GDLS
gross domestic product    GDP
German Democratic Republic (East Germany); used for information dated before 3 October 1990 or CY91    GDR
gun display system    GDS
goods    gds.
General Dynamics Services Company    GDSC
Global Decision Support System    GDSS
Ground data terminal    GDT
gun display unit    GDU
(Chem.) germanium     Ge
German Air Defense Ground Environment    GEADGE
(G. geboren) born    geb.
German HAWK Operations Center    GEHOC
Ground-emplaced mine-scattering system    GEMSS
Generation    GEN
General, Genesis, Geneva    Gen.
gender, general, genitive, genus.    gen.
general    genl.
George     Geo.
ground-based electro-optical deep space surveillance    GEODSS
geographer, geographic, geographical, geography    geog.
geologic(al), geologist, geology    geol.
geometric(al), geometry     geom..
geophysical, geophysics    geophys.
gerund     ger.
German, Germany     Ger.
Cyclosarin nerve agent    GF
Gun fire control system    GFCS
Glassfiber-reinforced plastics    GFRP
General Headquarters (usually theater level)    GHQ
Early warning airborne HF communications system (US)    Giant Talk
Gibraltar     Gib.
10 to the power 9, i.e. 1,000 million. For instance GHz (1 GHz = 1,000 MHz), Gbyte    giga
Greek    Gk.
graphic kernel system    GKS
(Chem.) glucinum    Gl,
ground-launched cruise missile    GLCM
ground laser locator designator    GLLD
Ground Liaison Officer    GLO
Global Orbital NAvigation Satellite System, the Russian GNSS system similar to the US GPS.    GLONASS
glossary    gloss.
gram., grams     gm.
General Motors Corporation    GMC
Ground Mobile Forces    GMF
guided missile launch system    GMLS
ground mapping radar    GMR
Greenwich Mean Time    GMT
(Chem.) gram-molecular volume    GMV
Goldwater-Nichols DOD Reorganization Act    GNA
gross national product    GNP
Global Navigation Satellite System    GNSS
Ground Order of Battle    GOB
Government of Kuwait    GOK
general online diagnostic    GOLD
General Officer Steering Committee    GOSC
Gothic     Goth.
Gothic     Goth.
government, governor     gov.
government     govt.
general-purpose    GP
group    gp
(Maths) geometric progression     GP
group     gp.
General Purpose Bomb    GPB
(Aero.) ground position indicator     GPI
general-purpose interface board    GPIB
Gallons per minute    GPM
General Purpose Machine Gun    GPMG
Government Printing Office     GPO,
Global Positioning System or Satellite    GPS
general purpose test equipment    GPTE
Ground power unit     GPU
Ground-proximity warning system.    GPWS
grade, grain(s), gram(s), gravity, gross     gr.
Grecian, Greece, Greek.    Gr.
Great Britain    Gr. Br. or Gr. Brit
gross weight     gr.wt.
graduate, graduated     grad.
grammar, grammatical    gram.
generic radar display system    GRDS
Aircraft flyable but unpainted, unfurnished and basically equipped.    green aircraft
Early warning airborne UHF communications system (US)    Green Pine
gross    gro.
Tactical radio system (UK)    Groundsat
glass-reinforced plastic    GRP
gross register ton    GRT
Gross registered tonnage    grt
Secure shore-to-ship communications system (US)    Gryphon
General Service    GS
Glideslope, of ILS.    GS
(Aero.) ground speed     GS
guineas     gs.
Ground support equipment     GSE
great., drop    gt.
Great Britain     Gt.Br or Gt. Brit.
guaranteed     gtd.
Gas turbine starter    GTS
graphical user interface    GUI
greater underwater propulsive power    GUPPY
Giant Viper    GV
Green Vinyl Overboot    GVO
Gross vehicle weight    GVW
guided weapon    GW
Ground Wave Emergency Network    GWEN
gross world product    GWP
guided weapon system    GWS
Gulf War Syndrome    GWS
gynecology     gyn. or gynecol.
Ground Zero    GZ