Or galileo; Unit of acceleration, used in geological surveying. One gal is one centimeter per second per second. The Earth's gravitational field often differs by several milligals (thousandths of a gal) in different places, because of the varying densities of the rocks beneath the surface.
A unit of gravitational acceleration equal to one centimeter per second per second (named after Galileo).
Symbol for gallon, galileo.
Unit of acceleration of one centimeter per second per second
ETYM Old Eng. girle, gerle, gurle, a girl: cf. LG. gör child.
1. A friendly informal reference to a grown woman.
2. A young woman; SYN. miss, missy, young lady, young woman, fille.
(Slang) little girl; woman (offensive Slang)