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Meaning of GAL

Pronunciation:  gal

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  (informal) alliterative term for girl (or woman)
  2. [n]  United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters
  3. [n]  a unit of gravitational acceleration equal to one centimeter per second per second (named after Galileo)
 
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 Synonyms: gallon
 
 See Also: acceleration unit, barrel, bbl, fille, girl, miss, missy, quart, United States liquid unit, young lady, young woman

 

 

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 Definition: 

Gal
A young black woman from Charleston tells the story of her impoverished and abusive childhood, her degradation and her eventual triumph. Written pseudonymously.

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Generic Array Logic.

 
Biology Dictionary
 
 Definition: One of a class of enzymes which cuts the glycosidic bond between the sugar galactose and another sugar molecule (of a different type than galactose). There are two subclasses - the alpha galactosidases and beta galactosidases - which cuts the two types of glycosidic bonds (alpha and beta, respectively).
 
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 Related Terms: babe, baby, broad, chick, colleen, cutie, dame, damoiselle, damsel, demoiselle, doll, filly, frail, girl, girlie, heifer, hoyden, jeune fille, jill, junior miss, lady friend, lass, lassie, little missy, mademoiselle, maid, maiden, miss, missy, mouse, nymphet, piece, quail, romp, schoolgirl, schoolmaid, schoolmiss, skirt, slip, subdeb, subdebutante, subteen, subteener, teenybopper, tomato, tomboy, virgin, wench, young creature, young thing
 

 

 

 

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