What does "mg" mean?
A sports car manufactured by Morris Garages.
Mg
/meɪd͡ʒ/ adj, name, noun
adj, name, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: A sports car manufactured by Morris Garages.
- Grammar: mg is listed as adj, name, noun.
- Nearest alternatives: milligram, atomic number 12, dosage, dose notation.
- Useful contrasts: gram, kilogram.
- Usage evidence: Magnesium is the name for the chemical element with atomic number 12 and is represented by the symbol Mg. Magnesium is an alkaline earth metal.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A sports car manufactured by Morris Garages. countable
"Joseph […] walked directly to the driverʼs side of a perfectly beautiful red MG."
- 2 Abbreviation of meaning. abbreviation, alt-of
"The Ger. zurück-weisen has just the same mgs."
- 3 Abbreviation of Maung A title for males (analogous to Mr in standard English). Myanmar, abbreviation, alt-of
- 4 Abbreviation of mage A gender-neutral title used instead of Mr (Mister), Mrs (Mistress), etc. abbreviation, alt-of
- 5 one thousandth (1/1,000) gram wordnet
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- 6 Initialism of machine gun. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism
- 7 a light silver-white ductile bivalent metallic element; in pure form it burns with brilliant white flame; occurs naturally only in combination (as in magnesite and dolomite and carnallite and spinel and olivine) wordnet
- 8 Initialism of mycotic granulomatosis. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 9 Initialism of myasthenia gravis. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism
Adjective
- 1 Initialism of machine-glazed. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
Proper Noun
- 1 Initialism of Morris Garages, a British sports-car manufacturer. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 2 Initialism of Minas Gerais: a state of Brazil. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
"Magnesium is the name for the chemical element with atomic number 12 and is represented by the symbol Mg. Magnesium is an alkaline earth metal."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "mg"?
Common synonyms include: milligram, atomic number 12, dosage, dose notation, magnesium, milligrams.
How do you use "mg" in a sentence?
Magnesium is the name for the chemical element with atomic number 12 and is represented by the symbol Mg. Magnesium is an alkaline earth metal.
How do you pronounce "mg"?
Pronounced /meɪd͡ʒ/.
Etymology
Etymology 1
Abbreviation of Maung. Borrowed from Burmese မောင် (maung).
Etymology 2
Coined in 2024, at least in part on the mistaken notion that mage is descended from magister, the same as Mr and Ms.