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  • General manager
    General manager
    General manager is a descriptive term for certain executives in a business operation. It is also a formal title held by some business executives, most commonly in the hospitality industry.-Generic usage:...

     of an organization, including sporting teams
  • General Motors
    General Motors
    General Motors Company, often known as simply GM, is a United States based automaker with headquarters in Detroit, Michigan. GM was the world's 18th largest corporate entity and third largest automaker as ranked by 2008 revenues on the Fortune Global 500. Ranked by global unit sales for 2008, it...

    , an automobile manufacturing company
    • General Motors Electro-Motive Division
      General Motors Electro-Motive Division
      Electro-Motive Diesel, Inc. is currently the world's second largest builder of railroad locomotives in terms of overall sales...

      , former division
    • Motors Liquidation Company
      Motors Liquidation Company
      Motors Liquidation Company is the company left over from General Motors' bankruptcy. Motors Liquidation Company is continuing GM's bankruptcy court proceedings which will ultimately lead to settling liability claims....

      , where GM was the old stock ticker for this company when it was known as General Motors Corporation before it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
      Chapter 11, Title 11, United States Code
      Chapter 11 is a chapter of the United States Bankruptcy Code, which permits reorganization under the bankruptcy laws of the United States. Chapter 11 bankruptcy is available to every business, whether organized as a corporation or sole proprietorship, and to individuals, although it is most...

  • Gunn & Moore
    Gunn & Moore
    Gunn & Moore, commonly shortened to GM, is a sports equipment and apparel company based in Colwick, Nottinghamshire that specialises in cricket...

    , a sports equipment and apparel company
  • Gross margin
    Gross margin
    Gross margin, Gross profit margin or Gross Profit Rate is the difference between the sales and the production costs...

    , profit as a percentage of sales price
  • GM chassis
    GM chassis
    thumb|300px|[[Tor missile system]] on GM-5955 chassis.GM stands for Gusenichnaya Machina in Russian and is a series of track vehicle chassis. Generally, the series is produced by Metrovagonmash , part of the Transmashholding since 2002...

    , Gusenichnaya Machina, tracked vehicle chassis

  • Greater Manchester
    Greater Manchester
    Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 2.56 million. It encompasses one of the largest metropolitan areas in the United Kingdom and comprises ten metropolitan boroughs: Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan, and...

    , a county in the United Kingdom
  • The Gambia
    The Gambia
    The Gambia , commonly known as Gambia, is a country in Western Africa. The Gambia is the smallest country on mainland Africa, bordered to the north, east, and south by Senegal, and has a small coast on the Atlantic Ocean in the west.Its borders roughly correspond to the path of the Gambia River,...

    , a country in Africa (ISO 3166 code)

  • Genetic engineering
    Genetic engineering
    Genetic engineering, recombinant DNA technology, genetic modification/manipulation and gene splicing are terms that apply to the direct manipulation of an organism's genes. Genetic engineering is different from traditional breeding, where the organism's genes are manipulated indirectly...

    , or genetically modified, organisms having its genetic code manually changed
  • Geiger counter
    Geiger counter
    A Geiger counter, also called a Geiger-Müller counter, is a type of particle detector that measures ionizing radiation.-Description:Geiger counters are used to detect ionizing radiation...

    , a device for measuring ionizing radiation
  • GM1
    GM1
    GM1 the "prototype" ganglioside, is a member of the ganglio series of gangliosides which contain one sialic acid residue. GM1 has important physiological properties and impacts neuronal plasticity and repair mechanisms, and the release of neurotrophins in the brain...

    , a Ganglioside important in brain biochemistry
  • Göttinger Miszellen
    Göttinger Miszellen
    Göttinger Miszellen is a scientific journal published by the Seminar für Ägyptologie und Koptologie which contains short scholarly articles on Egyptological, Coptological, and other related subjects....

    , a German scientific journal on Egyptology
  • Giga-Metre
    Metre
    The metre or meter is the basic unit of length in the International System of Units . Historically, the metre was defined by the French Academy of Sciences as the length between two marks on a platinum-iridium bar, which was designed to represent one ten-millionth of the distance from the Equator...

    , an SI unit of length equal to 109(1, 000, 000, 000) metres
  • gram
    Gram
    The gram , ; symbol g, is a unit of mass.Originally defined as "the absolute weight of a volume of pure water equal to the cube of the hundredth part of a metre, and at the temperature of melting ice" , a gram is now defined as one one-thousandth of the SI base unit, the kilogram, or...

    , an SI unit of mass (unofficial abbreviation; g is the official SI abbreviation)
  • Unified Soil Classification System
    Unified Soil Classification System
    The Unified Soil Classification System is a soil classification system used in engineering and geology disciplines to describe the texture and grain size of a soil. The classification system can be applied to most unconsolidated materials, and is represented by a two-letter symbol...

     symbol for silty gravel
  • Standard gravitational parameter
    Standard gravitational parameter
    In astrodynamics, the standard gravitational parameter of a celestial body is the product of the gravitational constant and the mass :The units of the standard gravitational parameter are km3s-2...

    , product GM, in astronomy
  • Metacentric height
    Metacentric height
    The metacentric height is the distance between the center of gravity of a ship and its metacenter. The GM is used to calculate the stability of a ship and this must be done before it proceeds to sea. The GM must equal or exceed the minimum required GM for that ship for the duration of the...

    , characteristic of a ship primarily determining its stability in the water

  • RGM-79 GM
    RGM-79 GM
    This article is about a mobile suit, a fictional weapon of the Mobile Suit Gundam anime metaseries.The , supposedly an acronym of Gundam Mass-production type, is the mass-produced version of the RX-78 Gundam. Though many variants were produced over the years, the RGM-79 GM was the Federation's...

     mobile suit and its successors in the anime series Mobile Suit Gundam

  • Gamemaster
    Gamemaster
    A Gamemaster, Game Master or Game Manager is a player in a multiplayer game who acts as organizer, arbitrator, and officiant in rules situations...

     or Game Master, in play-by-mail games and role-playing games
  • Game Maker
    Game Maker
    Game Maker, referred to as GM, is a proprietary software application written by Mark Overmars in the Delphi programming language. Overmars released the first public version on November 15, 1999. It is currently at version 7, though a version 8 beta has been released for testing. Originally, Game...

    , a computer game developing program

  • Grandmaster
    Grandmaster
    Grandmaster or Grand Master may refer to:Position:*Grand Master , the head of various orders**Grand Masters of the Knights Templar**List of Grand Masters of the Knights Hospitaller...

     (further disambiguation)
  • General MIDI
    General MIDI
    General MIDI or GM is a standardized specification for music synthesizers that respond to MIDI messages. GM was developed by the MIDI Manufacturers Association and the Japan MIDI Standards Committee and first published in 1991...

    , Musical Instrument Digital Interface standard specification
  • Golden master
    Golden master
    A Golden Master is a reference model in hardware/software development.The Golden Master is usually the RTM version, and therefore the first public/commercial version. It represents the development stage of "RTM" , often referred to as "going gold", or "gone golden".Apple, Inc...

    , a reference model in computer hardware/software development
  • George Medal
    George Medal
    The George Medal is the second level civil decoration of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth.The GM was instituted on 24 September 1940 by King George VI. At this time, during the height of The Blitz, there was a strong desire to reward the many acts of civilian courage...

    , UK civil decoration for acts of great bravery
  • Gunner's Mate
    Gunner's Mate
    The United States Navy occupational rating of Gunner's Mate is a designation given by the Bureau of Naval Personnel to enlisted members who either satisfactorily complete initial Gunner's Mate "A" school training, or who "strike" for the rating as a deck seaman by showing competence in the field...

    , a rank of the U.S.
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Business and industry

  • General manager
    General manager
    General manager is a descriptive term for certain executives in a business operation. It is also a formal title held by some business executives, most commonly in the hospitality industry.-Generic usage:...

     of an organization, including sporting teams
  • General Motors
    General Motors
    General Motors Company, often known as simply GM, is a United States based automaker with headquarters in Detroit, Michigan. GM was the world's 18th largest corporate entity and third largest automaker as ranked by 2008 revenues on the Fortune Global 500. Ranked by global unit sales for 2008, it...

    , an automobile manufacturing company
    • General Motors Electro-Motive Division
      General Motors Electro-Motive Division
      Electro-Motive Diesel, Inc. is currently the world's second largest builder of railroad locomotives in terms of overall sales...

      , former division
    • Motors Liquidation Company
      Motors Liquidation Company
      Motors Liquidation Company is the company left over from General Motors' bankruptcy. Motors Liquidation Company is continuing GM's bankruptcy court proceedings which will ultimately lead to settling liability claims....

      , where GM was the old stock ticker for this company when it was known as General Motors Corporation before it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
      Chapter 11, Title 11, United States Code
      Chapter 11 is a chapter of the United States Bankruptcy Code, which permits reorganization under the bankruptcy laws of the United States. Chapter 11 bankruptcy is available to every business, whether organized as a corporation or sole proprietorship, and to individuals, although it is most...

  • Gunn & Moore
    Gunn & Moore
    Gunn & Moore, commonly shortened to GM, is a sports equipment and apparel company based in Colwick, Nottinghamshire that specialises in cricket...

    , a sports equipment and apparel company
  • Gross margin
    Gross margin
    Gross margin, Gross profit margin or Gross Profit Rate is the difference between the sales and the production costs...

    , profit as a percentage of sales price
  • GM chassis
    GM chassis
    thumb|300px|[[Tor missile system]] on GM-5955 chassis.GM stands for Gusenichnaya Machina in Russian and is a series of track vehicle chassis. Generally, the series is produced by Metrovagonmash , part of the Transmashholding since 2002...

    , Gusenichnaya Machina, tracked vehicle chassis

Places

  • Greater Manchester
    Greater Manchester
    Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 2.56 million. It encompasses one of the largest metropolitan areas in the United Kingdom and comprises ten metropolitan boroughs: Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan, and...

    , a county in the United Kingdom
  • The Gambia
    The Gambia
    The Gambia , commonly known as Gambia, is a country in Western Africa. The Gambia is the smallest country on mainland Africa, bordered to the north, east, and south by Senegal, and has a small coast on the Atlantic Ocean in the west.Its borders roughly correspond to the path of the Gambia River,...

    , a country in Africa (ISO 3166 code)

Science

  • Genetic engineering
    Genetic engineering
    Genetic engineering, recombinant DNA technology, genetic modification/manipulation and gene splicing are terms that apply to the direct manipulation of an organism's genes. Genetic engineering is different from traditional breeding, where the organism's genes are manipulated indirectly...

    , or genetically modified, organisms having its genetic code manually changed
  • Geiger counter
    Geiger counter
    A Geiger counter, also called a Geiger-Müller counter, is a type of particle detector that measures ionizing radiation.-Description:Geiger counters are used to detect ionizing radiation...

    , a device for measuring ionizing radiation
  • GM1
    GM1
    GM1 the "prototype" ganglioside, is a member of the ganglio series of gangliosides which contain one sialic acid residue. GM1 has important physiological properties and impacts neuronal plasticity and repair mechanisms, and the release of neurotrophins in the brain...

    , a Ganglioside important in brain biochemistry
  • Göttinger Miszellen
    Göttinger Miszellen
    Göttinger Miszellen is a scientific journal published by the Seminar für Ägyptologie und Koptologie which contains short scholarly articles on Egyptological, Coptological, and other related subjects....

    , a German scientific journal on Egyptology
  • Giga-Metre
    Metre
    The metre or meter is the basic unit of length in the International System of Units . Historically, the metre was defined by the French Academy of Sciences as the length between two marks on a platinum-iridium bar, which was designed to represent one ten-millionth of the distance from the Equator...

    , an SI unit of length equal to 109(1, 000, 000, 000) metres
  • gram
    Gram
    The gram , ; symbol g, is a unit of mass.Originally defined as "the absolute weight of a volume of pure water equal to the cube of the hundredth part of a metre, and at the temperature of melting ice" , a gram is now defined as one one-thousandth of the SI base unit, the kilogram, or...

    , an SI unit of mass (unofficial abbreviation; g is the official SI abbreviation)
  • Unified Soil Classification System
    Unified Soil Classification System
    The Unified Soil Classification System is a soil classification system used in engineering and geology disciplines to describe the texture and grain size of a soil. The classification system can be applied to most unconsolidated materials, and is represented by a two-letter symbol...

     symbol for silty gravel
  • Standard gravitational parameter
    Standard gravitational parameter
    In astrodynamics, the standard gravitational parameter of a celestial body is the product of the gravitational constant and the mass :The units of the standard gravitational parameter are km3s-2...

    , product GM, in astronomy
  • Metacentric height
    Metacentric height
    The metacentric height is the distance between the center of gravity of a ship and its metacenter. The GM is used to calculate the stability of a ship and this must be done before it proceeds to sea. The GM must equal or exceed the minimum required GM for that ship for the duration of the...

    , characteristic of a ship primarily determining its stability in the water

Entertainment

  • RGM-79 GM
    RGM-79 GM
    This article is about a mobile suit, a fictional weapon of the Mobile Suit Gundam anime metaseries.The , supposedly an acronym of Gundam Mass-production type, is the mass-produced version of the RX-78 Gundam. Though many variants were produced over the years, the RGM-79 GM was the Federation's...

     mobile suit and its successors in the anime series Mobile Suit Gundam

Games

  • Gamemaster
    Gamemaster
    A Gamemaster, Game Master or Game Manager is a player in a multiplayer game who acts as organizer, arbitrator, and officiant in rules situations...

     or Game Master, in play-by-mail games and role-playing games
  • Game Maker
    Game Maker
    Game Maker, referred to as GM, is a proprietary software application written by Mark Overmars in the Delphi programming language. Overmars released the first public version on November 15, 1999. It is currently at version 7, though a version 8 beta has been released for testing. Originally, Game...

    , a computer game developing program

Other

  • Grandmaster
    Grandmaster
    Grandmaster or Grand Master may refer to:Position:*Grand Master , the head of various orders**Grand Masters of the Knights Templar**List of Grand Masters of the Knights Hospitaller...

     (further disambiguation)
  • General MIDI
    General MIDI
    General MIDI or GM is a standardized specification for music synthesizers that respond to MIDI messages. GM was developed by the MIDI Manufacturers Association and the Japan MIDI Standards Committee and first published in 1991...

    , Musical Instrument Digital Interface standard specification
  • Golden master
    Golden master
    A Golden Master is a reference model in hardware/software development.The Golden Master is usually the RTM version, and therefore the first public/commercial version. It represents the development stage of "RTM" , often referred to as "going gold", or "gone golden".Apple, Inc...

    , a reference model in computer hardware/software development
  • George Medal
    George Medal
    The George Medal is the second level civil decoration of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth.The GM was instituted on 24 September 1940 by King George VI. At this time, during the height of The Blitz, there was a strong desire to reward the many acts of civilian courage...

    , UK civil decoration for acts of great bravery
  • Gunner's Mate
    Gunner's Mate
    The United States Navy occupational rating of Gunner's Mate is a designation given by the Bureau of Naval Personnel to enlisted members who either satisfactorily complete initial Gunner's Mate "A" school training, or who "strike" for the rating as a deck seaman by showing competence in the field...

    , a rank of the U.S. Navy