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Gal

//ɡæl// name, noun, symbol, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of Gal.. alt-of, alternative
Noun
  1. 1
    Abbreviation of gallon. abbreviation, alt-of
  2. 2
    A young woman or girl; generally a form of rural Southern slang. colloquial
  3. 3
    A galileo (unit of acceleration).
  4. 4
    Initialism of guardian ad litem, an individual (often a lawyer) appointed to represent the best interests of a child or incapacitated person for the purpose of a legal procedure. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  5. 5
    alliterative term for girl (or woman) wordnet
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  1. 6
    United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters wordnet
  2. 7
    a unit of gravitational acceleration equal to one centimeter per second per second (named after Galileo) wordnet
Symbol
  1. 1
    The symbol for the cgs unit of acceleration, gal or galileo.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From gallon.

Etymology 2

From a dialectal pronunciation of girl, attested since 1795; compare gell, g'hal.

Etymology 3

Shortened from galileo.

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