Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dg

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.20 in modern English

Syllables: dg
IPA

4

Scrabble Score

2

Letters

1

Syllables

2

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Initialism of dirty girl.

noun

Initialism of director-general.

noun

Initialism of dangerous goods.

noun

Initialism of dependency grammar.

noun

Initialism of guided-missile destroyer, a type of destroyer warship.

name

Initialism of Data General.

Example Sentences

"The DG printer warns the user when the batteries get low, after six to eight hours of normal use, or when paper and ribbon are running out."
"At the time, DG was a player in the multibillion-dollar minicomputer market, part of the late-'70s "Massachusetts miracle" of high tech development."
"In the end, DG captured its share of commercial distributed-computing sales, partially through its aggressive selling approach and partially through its technical ability to attract high-profile designers of the most elegant minicomputer systems, like Southern Railway."

Inflected Forms

DGs (plural)

Derived Forms

DG/UX

Synonyms

decigram

Questions

What does dg mean?: Initialism of dirty girl.

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