CG - Science and Mathematics

Science and Mathematics

  • Centigram (cg), a unit of mass in the metric system
  • Center of gravity, of a material body is a point that may be used for a summary description of gravitational interactions
  • Cloud-to-ground lightning, a type of lightning
  • Conjugate gradient method, an algorithm for the numerical solution of particular systems of linear equations
  • Computational geometry, the study of algorithms to solve problems stated in terms of geometry

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