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Definition: Gee |
GeeNoun1. A unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity; used to indicate the force to which a body is subjected when it is accelerated. Verb1. Turn to the right side, as of horses or draft animals. 2. As to a horse. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "gee" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1749. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Aerospace | A suffix meaning earth, as in perigee , apogee. See perigee, note. (references) |
Multilingual Slang | Breton (gast ). (references) |
Post & Telecom | VHF system of radio-navigation by which interrelated pulses transmitted from ground stations are received in a craft. The position of the craft can be determined by observing the interval between pulses from pairs of stations and plotting them on a map or navigational chart over-printed with the Gee lattice. Source: European Union. (references) |
| Pioneer precision navaid, using interrelated signals transmitted from ground stations and plotting on hyperbolic map. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Slang in 1811 | GEE. It won't gee; it won't hit or do, it does not suit or fit. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
g (also gee, g-force or g-load) is a unit of acceleration defined as exactly 9.806 65 m/s², approximately equal to the acceleration due to gravity on the Earth's surface. Gravity due to the earth is experienced the same as being accelerated upward with an acceleration of 1 g. The total g-force is found by vector addition of the opposite of the actual acceleration (in the sense of rate of change of velocity) and a vector of 1 g downward for the ordinary gravity (or in space, the gravity there). Weightlessness means a zero g-force, which is the result when acceleration due to movement is equal to that due to gravity.
The symbol g is always written in lowercase, to distinguish it from the symbol G, the gravitational constant, which is always written in uppercase.
The value of g defined above is an average over the whole of the Earth's surface. It is sometimes written as gN or g0 to distinguish it from the local value of g that varies with position. The actual acceleration of a body at the Earth's surface depends on the location at which it is measured, for two reasons. The first is that the rotation of the Earth imposes an additional acceleration on the body that opposes that due to gravity. The net downward force on the body is therefore offset by a centrifugal force that acts upwards, reducing its weight. This effect on its own would result in a range of values of g from 9.789 m/s² at the equator to 9.823 m/s² at the poles. The second reason is the Earth's equatorial bulge, which causes objects at the equator to be further from the planet's centre than objects at the poles. Because the force due to gravitational attraction between two bodies (the Earth and the object being weighed) varies inversely with the square of the distance between them, objects at the equator experience a weaker gravitational pull than objects at the poles. Measurements show that the combined result of these two effects is a variation of 0.052 m/s² in the value of g. Practically, this means that the weight of an object can vary by 0.5% depending on where on Earth it is weighed.
The UK's National Physical Laboratory gives the following formula for estimating g:
One often hears the term being applied to the limits that the human body can withstand without "blacking out", sometimes referred to as g-loc. A typical person can handle about 5 g before this occurs, but through the combination of special g-suits and efforts to strain muscles, modern pilots can typically handle 9 g. Gee is also the name for a WWII radio navigation device built and implemented by the RAF for use in night bombing.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Gee."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
GEE | English | Generalized Estimated Equations | N/A |
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Synonym: GeeSynonym: g (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Gee |
| English words defined with "gee": Gee ho, Gee whoa, Geed, Geeing ♦ Haw ♦ Jee. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "gee": Gee-up!. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "gee": Jee. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Gee" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Afrikaan (accord, give), Manx (dining, eating, feeding). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Gee whiz, Eddie, if you really needed money so bad, then why didn't you come to me (Who Framed Roger Rabbit; writing credit: Gary K. Wolf; Jeffrey Price) Gee, thanks, mister (Superman; writing credit: Jerry Siegel; Joe Shuster) Gee thanks, boss (JFK; writing credit: Jim Marrs; Jim Garrison) Gee George, you all done crying (Stuart Little; writing credit: M. Night Shyamalan) Well, gee Mulder, there's also this report of a shipment of drugs and illegal weapons coming into New Jersey tonight (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) | |
Lyrics | Gee wheeze baby please (Mr. Boombastic; performing artist: Shaggy) A Master Gee, my mellow ("Rapper's Delight"; performing artist: Sugarhill Gang) Gee, it must be great riding with him ("Leader of the Pack"; performing artist: The Shangri-Las) Gee it's good to see ya, (The Vatican Rag; performing artist: Tom Lehrer) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The 'Imp'probable Mr. Wee Gee (1966) Gee Whiz-z-z-z! (1956) Buddy the Gee Man (1935) Gee Whiskers (1922) Gee! My Pants! (1912) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | "Gee" or Shoran hyperbolic navigation lattice over France Allies installed electronic navigation systems to guide bombers Adapted to hydrographic survey needs at end of war. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Accepts a plaque from Captain Robert L. Latta, senior Navy recruiter in New York City, during a ceremony at the home of her daughter, 30 January 1977. The plaque recognizes her long-time assistance to the Navy's recruiting efforts. Mrs. Finch was the model for the World War I Howard Chandler Christy recruiting poster "Gee!! I Wish I Were a Man", a copy of which is also seen in this photograph. Credit: NAVY. |
 | All on hobbies, gee up, gee ho!. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Gee whiz! don't I wish every day wuz de fourth. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Gee, it must be fun to play Santa Claus. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | My first real bath : gee! ain't it great!. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | The Yellow Kid Gee dat must be my conscience coming back / / R.F. Outcault. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | "Gee - a medal from Gen. Goldwater" / Herblock. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Gee Whiz. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Gee!! I wish I were a man, I'd join the Navy Be a man and do it - United States Navy recruiting station / / Howard Chandler Christy 1917. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Andy Rooney | Gee, I think whole world would come down on them if they did that. I think they would have better sense than to do that. I very much doubt that they would do that. |
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| "Gee" is generally used as an interjection -- approximately 91.32% of the time. "Gee" is used about 242 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Interjection | 91.32% | 221 | 20,297 |
| Noun (common) | 7.02% | 17 | 85,106 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.65% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Total | 100.00% | 242 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "gee" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Gee | Last name | 8,000 | 1,555 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "gee": Gee H ♦ Gee ho ♦ gee ho! ♦ Gee navigation ♦ gee up ♦ gee up! ♦ gee whiz! ♦ Gee whoa ♦ gee whoa! ♦ Mc Gee ♦ To haw and gee ♦ To haw and gee about. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "gee": gee-a, gee-gaws, gee-gee, gee-gees, Gee-h, Gee-herter, gee-ing, gee-node, gee-tars, gee-up, gee-whiz, gee-whizz, gee-whizzers, gee-wizz. | |
Ending with "gee": a-pay-gee, gee-gee, one-gee. | |
Containing "gee": aw-shucks-gee-look-what-happened-to-me-when-i-wasn't-trying. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
gee bee | 108 | george gee | 8 |
gee | 89 | mc gee | 7 |
hydrangea pee gee | 43 | airplane bee gee | 7 |
gee girl | 36 | daniel gee | 6 |
gee test | 34 | david gee | 6 |
gee hair smell terrific | 27 | club el gee n | 6 |
gee miyuru | 23 | gee trish.com | 6 |
gee whiz | 18 | the gee bee racer | 5 |
gee trish | 17 | gee k tab | 5 |
el gee n | 17 | fu fugees gee la lyrics | 5 |
bee gee lyrics | 15 | gee hydrangea pee tree | 5 |
gee hair shampoo smell terrific | 13 | gee wiz | 5 |
charlotte gee | 12 | dj gee | 5 |
gee kenny | 11 | gee j mc vernon | 5 |
rob gee | 10 | gee konny | 5 |
gee kimi | 9 | gee gees ottawa | 5 |
farm gee | 9 | john gee | 4 |
bee gee z | 9 | gee gee studio | 4 |
gee 21 | 8 | gee ryan | 4 |
ask gee | 8 | gee kay | 4 |
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| Language | Translations for "gee"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | kalë (buck, equine, Hackney, horse, knight, nag, Steed, vaulting horse). (various references) | |
Arabic | لفظة تؤمر بها للتسرع. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | гледай ти, бре (dear, lummy, well), дий (gee up, hup). (various references) | |
Danish | Gee-navigation (Gee navigation), Gee H (Gee H), krydspejlingnavigation (Gee navigation), krydspejling (Gee H). (various references) | |
Dutch | Gee-navigatiesysteem (Gee navigation), Gee-H-radarnavigatiesysteem (Gee H), hop (gee-up, hoopoe, hoopoo, hop, hops). (various references) | |
Esperanto | hop (gee-up). (various references) | |
Farsi | هین(موقع راندن حیوان گفته میشود), هی (Hallo, Hey), هوس (Caprice, Fancy, Heartthrob, Libido, Lust, Scape, Whim, Whimsy), بوالهوسی (Vagary, Whimsy). (various references) | |
French | eh bien. (various references) | |
German | hott (gee up). (various references) | |
Greek | επιφώνημα για άλογα, επιφώνημα για ίππουσ. (various references) | |
Hungarian | gyí (hup), jé. (various references) | |
Indonesian | astaga (for heaven sake, heaven forbid). (various references) | |
Italian | arri. (various references) | |
Manx | moyrneen (bauble, gee-gaw, gewgaw, plaything), cabbyleen (gee-gee, hobby). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | eegay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | comando para dirigir cavalos. (various references) | |
Romanian | grozav (a, almighty, atrocious, awful, awfully, bally, beastly, bully, classy, clinking, Dandy, desperate, dreadful, exceedingly, excessively, famous, fell, first rate, formidable, frightful, ghastly, grand, horrible, horrid, immense, immensely, jolly, killing, like blazes, like hell, lovely, mad, magnificent, mightily, nicely, nifty, plush, plushy, proper, ripping, some, stunning, swell, terrible, terribly, terrific, thundering, topping, tremendous, tremendously, uncommonly, vastly, whacking), straşnic (clinking, colossal, considerable, damnably, excellent, excessive, extreme, fine, goody, grand, horrible, jolly, magnificent, mightily, nifty, proper, properly, rigorous, severe, severely, smashing, solid, some, sound, stern, swell, terrible, terribly, thundering, tremendous, with a vengeance), phii (ah), ia uite, hoho, cea (ho, hoa, the, the one), cal (gee-gee, horse, knight, Steed). (various references) | |
Russian | лошадка (hobby, hobbyhorse, horsy). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | bože moj. (various references) | |
Spanish | caramba (bother, by gum, by jingo, golly, good gracious, hallo, hello, hullo, well, well I never), caballito (hobby horse). (various references) | |
Swedish | jösses (christ, crikey, cripes, crumbs, good heavens, strewth). (various references) | |
Thai | เลี้ยวขวา, เหล้า (berps, cordial, eyewash, giggle goo, grog, joy juice, liqueur, lubrication, lush, muddler). (various references) | |
Turkish | ya (ah, gee whiz, gosh, ha, marry, o, or, well, yah), vay be (brother, cor, gee whiz, hello, hullo, my, my hat, phew, whew, wow), at (equine, gee-gee, hack, horse, knight, Steed), allah allah (by jove, gee whiz, golly, goodness gracious, gosh, gracious goodness, gracious me, hello, I will be damned, my goodness). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | конячка (nag), но (get up). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "gee": geed, geegaw, geegaws, geeing, geek, geekier, geekiest, geeks, geeky, geepound, geepounds, gees, geese, geest, geests, geez, geezer, geezers. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "gee": agee, apogee, bargee, bungee, burgee, congee, dischargee, dragee, interrogee, jaygee, lungee, mortgagee, muggee, negligee, obligee, ogee, perigee, pledgee, pongee, protegee, ragee, raggee, refugee, salvagee, squeegee, squilgee, thuggee, whangee, yogee. (additional references) | |
Words containing "gee": apogees, bargees, bungees, burgees, carageen, carageens, carrageen, carrageenan, carrageenans, carrageenin, carrageenins, carrageens, congeed, congeeing, congees, dischargees, dragees, interrogees, jaygees, lungees, mongeese, mortgagees, muggees, negligees, obligees, ogees, perigees, pledgees, pongees, protegees, ragees, raggees, refugeeism, refugeeisms, refugees, salvagees, squeegeed, squeegeeing, squeegees, squilgeed, squilgeeing, squilgees, thuggees, whangees, yogees. (additional references) | |
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"Gee" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: egae, egay, Ege, egee, egel, egen, egi, egoe, gae, gaef, gea, geaf, geak, geap, geau, Gebe, geben, gec, gede, geeb, geef, geeg, geega, geeh, Geel, geen, geep, geev, geey, gef, gefe, geg, Gegen, geh, gehen, geik, geiz, gek, geke, gele, gelee, geme, geop, gep, gepe, geq, ger, ges, gese, gete, geu, gev, geve, gew, gewe, gex, gey, gez, geze, gfe, Gge, ghe, gia, giae, gice, gieen, gief, gieg, giez, gii, gio, giu, gje, gme, gne, gnee, goe, goeh, Goei, goex, goxe, gpe, gre, Gree, gse, gseee, Gue, gueen, guef, guew, Gueye, guke, gw, Gwe, Gweek, gy, gyb, gyeet, gyf, Igy, Ngee, Ngei, Ngeze. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "gee" (pronounced jē") |
| 2 | j ē" | Jee. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-g" | |
+1 letter: agee, edge, eger, geed, geek, gees, geez, gene, ghee, glee, gree, ogee. | |
+2 letters: agene, aglee, agree, beget, beige, eager, eagle, eagre, edged, edger, edges, egers, egest, egged, egger, egret, elegy, geeks, geeky, geese, geest, gelee, genes, genet, genie, genre, geode, geste, ghees, glebe, glede, gleed, gleek, glees, gleet, grebe, greed, greek, green, grees, greet, hedge, kedge, ledge, leger, leges, liege, merge, ngwee, ogees, peage, ragee, reges, repeg, sedge, segue, serge, siege, tenge, vegie, venge, verge, wedge, yogee. | |
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