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General anaesthetic
A general anaesthetic is a drug or drug combination that produces reversible loss of consciousness, so a patient feels nothing and is not arousable even by pain during surgery.
General and I
General and I (孤芳不自赏) is a 2017 Chinese historical romance drama with Wallace Chung and Angelababy, directed by Ju Jueliang, adapted from Feng Nong's novel; distinct from Oh My General (将军在上).
General Assembly and Church of the First Born
The General Assembly and Church of the First Born, often shortened to Church of the First Born, is a fundamentalist Christian denomination known for faith healing.
General Atlantic
General Atlantic, also known as General Atlantic Partners, is a New York-based growth equity firm founded by Chuck Feeney in 1980, managing about $126 billion.
General Atlantic Investment Partners
General Atlantic Investment Partners is a series of Delaware private equity pooled funds, spanning vintages 2013 through 2025, raised and managed by the New York growth-equity firm General Atlantic.
General Atomics
General Atomics, also known as General Atomic Corporation, is a privately held American defense company in San Diego, founded in 1955 and known for the Predator drones.
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems is a San Diego–area subsidiary of General Atomics that designs remotely piloted aircraft, including the MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper, with more than 1,200 aircraft delivered.
General Atomics Avenger
The General Atomics Avenger, originally Predator C and now flown as the MQ-20, is a jet-powered stealth drone built by General Atomics that first flew in 2009.
General Atomics FQ-42 Dark Merlin
The General Atomics FQ-42 Dark Merlin, designated YFQ-42A as a prototype, is an uncrewed fighter aircraft built for the US Air Force's Collaborative Combat Aircraft program.
General Atomics Mojave
The General Atomics Mojave is a short takeoff and landing unmanned aircraft developed by General Atomics, unveiled in 2021, carrying up to 16 Hellfire missiles.
General Atomics MQ-1 Predator
The General Atomics MQ-1 Predator, also called the Predator drone, is a remotely piloted reconnaissance aircraft that served the US Air Force from 1995 until 2018.
General Atomics MQ-1C Gray Eagle
The General Atomics MQ-1C Gray Eagle, also called the MQ-1C Warrior, is a United States Army drone for reconnaissance, surveillance, and attack, capable of carrying four Hellfire missiles.
General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper
The General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper, also known as the Predator B, is an armed American surveillance and strike drone first flown in 2001 and used in combat since 2007.
General average
General average is a maritime law principle requiring all parties to a sea voyage to share losses from an extraordinary sacrifice made for common safety, such as jettison.
General aviation
General aviation (GA) is all civil flying except scheduled airline service and paid charter flights, covering business, medical, agricultural, and recreational flying from two-seat trainers to business jets.
General Aviation Revitalization Act
The General Aviation Revitalization Act of 1994 is a United States federal law establishing an 18-year statute of repose on product liability lawsuits against general aviation aircraft manufacturers.
General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans
The General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO) is an international program producing free maps of the world's ocean floor, run jointly by the IHO and UNESCO's IOC.
General Butt Naked
General Butt Naked is the nom de guerre of Joshua Milton Blahyi (born 1971), a ULIMO-J warlord of Liberia's First Civil War who fought naked claiming spiritual protection and later became an evangelical preacher after confessing before the TRC in 2008.
General Carrera/Buenos Aires
General Carrera Lake (Lago Buenos Aires, originally Chelenko) is a 1,850 km2 glacial-tectonic lake on the Chile-Argentina border, the largest in Chile, draining via the Baker River, home of the Marble Caves.
General Catalogue of Variable Stars (Общий каталог переменных звёзд)
The General Catalogue of Variable Stars (GCVS) lists about 60,000 named variable stars, mostly in the Milky Way, and has been compiled in Moscow since 1946.
General Catalyst
General Catalyst is an American venture capital firm founded in 2000 in Massachusetts by Joel Cutler and David Fialkow, known for backing Airbnb, Stripe, and Snap.
General Catalyst Group X - Early Venture
General Catalyst Group X - Early Venture, L.P. is a $600 million Delaware limited partnership serving as the early-stage fund vehicle of Cambridge, Massachusetts venture firm General Catalyst.
General Catalyst Group X - Endurance
General Catalyst Group X - Endurance is a $700 million venture capital fund raised by General Catalyst in 2020, managed from Cambridge, Massachusetts, with 133 accredited investors.
General Catalyst Group X - Growth Venture
General Catalyst Group X - Growth Venture is a $1 billion growth-stage venture fund formed in 2020 by General Catalyst, a venture capital firm in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
General Catalyst Group X - Health Assurance, L.P.
General Catalyst Group X - Health Assurance, L.P. is a $600 million venture capital fund created in 2021 by General Catalyst of Cambridge, Massachusetts, to invest in digital health.
General Certificate of Education
General Certificate of Education (GCE): UK school examination family introduced in 1951, replacing the School Certificate; split into O levels and A levels; today survives as GCE AS and A level qualifications regulated by Ofqual.
General Certificate of Secondary Education
GCSE (General Certificate of Secondary Education) is the main school-leaving qualification in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, taken at about age 16; introduced 1986, reformed to linear 9-1 grading in England since 2017.
General circulation model
A general circulation model (GCM), or global climate model, is a numerical computer model simulating a planet's atmosphere and, in coupled form, oceans, land, and sea ice.
General classification in the Tour de France
General classification in the Tour de France (classement général): the overall time-based competition won by the yellow jersey wearer. Decided by cumulative stage time with bonuses; Garin 1903 largest margin, LeMond 1989 closest men's finish at 8 seconds.
General Command of Workers
The General Command of Workers (Comando Geral dos Trabalhadores, CGT) was a Brazilian national inter-union organization created in August 1962, which organized the country's first national political strikes before being dismantled after the 1964 military coup.