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cg

cg is the initialism of center of gravity.

Meaning of center of gravity

Noun

center of gravity (plural centers of gravity)

  1. (US) A point, near or within a body, through which its weight can be assumed to act when considering forces on the body and its motion under gravity. This coincides with the center of mass in a uniform gravitational field.
    Synonyms:
    COG
  2. (US, figuratively) The most central or important part of something, or around which everything else revolves.

Noun capitalized: CG

CG (plural CGs)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism, visual effects, animation) Initialism of computer graphics.
    Synonyms:
    CGI
  2. (broadly) (video games, in a visual novel) A unique, static full-screen image, usually displayed to illustrate a significant event in the story.
    • Plenty of CGs pad out the adventure too, with beautiful art depicting the events that take place.2016 March 7, Andrew Barker, “Steins;Gate”, in RPGFan, archived from the original on 10 Oct 2019
    • There are a good number of CG scenes as well which provide even nicer artwork. Please note that though this is a visual novel on Steam, there are pretty steamy CGs in each route.2017 August 31, Marcus Estrada, “Review: A Hand in the Darkness”, in Hardcore Gamer
  3. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of cover girl.
  4. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of complete games; the statistic reporting the number of games thrown by a pitcher.
  5. (US) A guided missile cruiser.
  6. (US, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of coast guard.
  7. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of capital gain.
  8. (abbreviation, initialism, age regression) Initialism of caregiver.
  9. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of center of gravity.
    • If the CG was not where the crew wanted it to be, the pilot could manually move fuel around between tanks to change the CG with two switches. If he needed to move the CG forward, the Forward Transfer Switch was turned on, moving fuel in the right hand manifold forward into Tank-1 (at 950 pounds per...1996, Richard H. Graham, Col. USAF (Ret), SR-71 Revealed: The Inside Story, Zenith Press, →ISBN, page 46
  10. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of cloud-to-ground.

Proper noun capitalized: CG

CG

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of Chhattisgarh: a state of India.

Synonyms of cg

Forms of cg

pluralcgs
pluralCGs

Phrases with cg

Words that rhyme with cg

Questions about cg

What does cg mean?
Cg means (video games, in a visual novel) A unique, static full-screen image, usually displayed to illustrate a significant event in the story.
What is cg the initialism of?
Cg is the initialism of center of gravity.
What part of speech is cg?
Cg can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of cg?
The plural of cg is cgs.

Words near cg in the dictionary

  1. CFUs
  2. CFWH
  3. CFWHs
  4. CFX
  5. CFZ
  6. cg
  7. CG lightning
  8. CG/L
  9. CGA
  10. CGAs
  11. CGB

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