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mg
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun mg has 2 senses
- mg(n = noun.quantity) milligram - one thousandth (1/1,000) gram; Array is a kind of metric weight unit, weight unit
- mg(n = noun.substance) atomic number 12, magnesium - a light silver-white ductile bivalent metallic element; in pure form it burns with brilliant white flame; occurs naturally only in combination (as in magnesite and dolomite and carnallite and spinel and olivine); Array is a kind of metal, metallic element
has parts: mcg, microgram
is a part of grain, metric grain
OXFORD DICTIONARY
mg, abbr.
1 machine-gun.
2 Morris Garages (as a make of car).
1 machine-gun.
2 Morris Garages (as a make of car).
mg, symb. Chem. the element manganese.
mg, abbr. milligram(s).
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