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Definitions for GAL
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Princeton's WordNet

  1. gallon, galnoun

    United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters

  2. galnoun

    a unit of gravitational acceleration equal to one centimeter per second per second (named after Galileo)

  3. galnoun

    alliterative term for girl (or woman)

Wiktionary

  1. Galsymbol

    The symbol for the cgs unit of acceleration, gal or galileo.

  2. Etymology: Shortened from galileo

ChatGPT

  1. gal

    A gal, or galileo, is a unit of acceleration primarily used in geophysics and is equal to 1 centimeter per second squared. It is named after the Italian physicist and astronomer Galileo Galilei.

Wikidata

  1. Gal

    The gal, sometimes called galileo, is a unit of acceleration used extensively in the science of gravimetry. The gal is defined as 1 centimeter per second squared. The milligal and microgal refer respectively to one thousandth and one millionth of a gal. The gal is not part of the International System of Units. However, in 1978 the CIPM decided that it was permissible to use the gal "with the SI until the CIPM considers that [its] use is no longer necessary." The gal is a derived unit, defined in terms of the centimeter-gram-second base unit of length, the centimeter, and the second, which is the base unit of time in both the CGS as well as the modern SI system. In SI base units, 1 Gal is precisely equal to 0.01 m/s². The acceleration due to Earth’s gravity at its surface is 976 to 983 Gal, the variation being due mainly to differences in latitude and elevation. Mountains and masses of lesser density within the Earth's crust typically cause variations in gravitational acceleration of tens to hundreds of milligals. The gravity gradient above Earth's surface is about 3.1 µGal per centimeter of height, resulting in a maximum difference of about 2 Gal from the top of Mount Everest to sea level.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Gal

    gal, n. (prov.) a girl.

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. GAL

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Gal is ranked #22000 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Gal surname appeared 1,179 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Gal.

    89.4% or 1,055 total occurrences were White.
    6.5% or 77 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    1.9% or 23 total occurrences were Asian.
    1% or 12 total occurrences were Black.

Anagrams for GAL »

  1. AGL

  2. GLA

  3. lag

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of GAL in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of GAL in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of GAL in a Sentence

  1. Adriana Maxwell:

    I think he made it so that the next guy or gal to walk into office will have a better starting point.

  2. Amy Adams:

    Well, I was doing a Superman [movie] — my part is mostly there. But it was really fun to get to play with these other characters that were coming in, and get to have Gal [Gadot] there, and get to have another girl on set.

  3. Puyallup Police Officer David LaSalata:

    I pulled a gal over who was a former student who was speeding and unfortunately I did have to write and infraction.

  4. Betty White:

    I like Dolly's whole approach to life with ongoing and uplifting songs, i never met Dolly, but everything I ever heard about her — she was a great gal to know, and you could kind of get it in her music and her voice and her approach to lyrics.

  5. Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole:

    One lady walked up to another lady and asked if she was in line for the waffle maker thing and the lady never answered her, so the first lady went and made a waffle, and when she went to go and take it this other gal tried to take it from her and that started the fight over the waffle.

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