English Words: G
18,276 words · Page 27 of 366
The third letter of the Greek alphabet (Γ, γ), preceded by beta (Β, β) and followed by delta, (Δ, δ).
A nonlinear operation used to encode and decode luminance or tristimulus values in video or still image systems.
Any of a family of two-parameter continuous probability distributions, of which the common exponential distribution and chi-square distribution are special cases.
A female who is third in rank in the social hierarchy, beneath alphas and betas, but above deltas.
A meromorphic function which generalizes the notion of factorial to complex numbers and has singularities at the nonpositive integers; any of certain generalizations or analogues of said function, such as extend the factorial to domains other than the complex numbers.
A class of proteins in the blood, identified by their position after serum protein electrophoresis. The most significant gamma globulins are antibodies.
A machine that produces and focuses beams of gamma rays at a specific location in the body, used to burn up diseased tissues.
Very high frequency (and therefore very high energy) electromagnetic radiation emitted as a consequence of radioactivity.
Any salt or ester of gamma-hydroxybutyric acid, especially the sodium or potassium salts used as the drug "fantasy".
A variant of the gammatone filter, intended as a more realistic model of the auditory system.
A linear filter described by an impulse response that is the product of a gamma distribution and sinusoidal tone, often used to model the auditory system.
A certain kind of matroid, describing sets of vertices that can be reached by vertex-disjoint paths in a directed graph.
Any disease or malfunction that affects the production of gamma globulin and related immunoglobulins
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The English alphabetical index for the letter G contains 18,276 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 366 pages, and you are currently viewing page 27. Every row above is a dictionary-backed entry with a canonical slug, and each links through to a full definition page with pronunciation, senses, etymology, and related-word data where available.
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