Definitions

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  • initialism physics The system of measurement taking the centimeter, gram and second as its fundamental units, now replaced by SI system.
  • initialism Initialism of Canadian Government Ship.

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Examples

  • A nervous buzz began when it became clear that the strongest bidder for CGS, which is France's largest private hospital group, were some high-finance types from across the Channel.

    The Fixer-Uppers 2008

  • Nova Scotia maritime historian Marven Moore has called CGS Canada "the flagship of the embryonic Canadian Navy" that was "symbolic of the evolution of Canada from a dominion within the British Empire to a sovereign nation."

    canada.com Top Stories 2010

  • Nova Scotia maritime historian Marven Moore has called CGS Canada "the flagship of the embryonic Canadian Navy" that was "symbolic of the evolution of Canada from a dominion within the British Empire to a sovereign nation."

    canada.com Top Stories 2010

  • Nova Scotia maritime historian Marven Moore has called CGS Canada "the flagship of the embryonic Canadian Navy" that was "symbolic of the evolution of Canada from a dominion within the British Empire to a sovereign nation."

    Dose.ca Music briefs Randy Boswell 2010

  • Dyne (dyn) a unit of force under the centimetre-gram-second or "CGS" system for physical measurements.

    Dyne-centimeter 2009

  • Students can sign up for a College Goal Sunday cell phone reminder by texting "CGS" to 25827.

    KansasCity.com: Front Page 2010

  • Cost of goods sold ( "CGS") in the first quarter of 2010 was $3,456 million, increasing

    GuruFocus Updates - 2010

  • Students can sign up for a College Goal Sunday cell phone reminder by texting "CGS" to 25827.

    KansasCity.com: Front Page 2010

  • She was trained to teach CGS last year and said that in 40 years of teaching religious ed. she has never seen the children respond so well --- she said she has at last found something that actually works for the child.

    Theology for Infants, Part 1 regina doman 2009

  • If they had accepted, they would have been in direct violation of the CGS quoted above.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Second Circuit Due Process Victory for Connecticut Carry Permit Holders 2010

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