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Gyunyeokbeop

Gyunyeokbeop (균역법, Equalized Service Law) was a 1750 fiscal reform by King Yeongjo of Joseon Korea that halved the military cloth tax borne by commoner men.

Gyunyeokcheong

The Gyunyeokcheong (균역청, 均役廳) was a Joseon government office established in 1751 under King Yeongjo to manage financing of the Gyunyeok law, which halved the military cloth tax.

GZA

GZA (Gary Grice), the Genius of the Wu-Tang Clan, is an American rapper born in 1966 or 1967 whose RZA-produced 1995 album Liquid Swords sold 1 million US copies, was RIAA-certified platinum in 2015, and defined his literate, chess-themed style.

Gzhel ceramics

Gzhel ceramics (гжельская керамика) is the pottery and porcelain of the Gzhel district southeast of Moscow, a Russian folk craft best known for cobalt-blue painting on white porcelain.

Gzip

Gzip, also known as GNU Zip, is a lossless data compression utility and file format created by Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler, first released in 1992.

Gżira

Gżira (Il-Gżira), Maltese for "island", is a harbour town on Malta's Marsamxett waterfront between Sliema and Msida, named for Manoel Island with Fort Manoel (1723–1726) and the Knights' Lazaretto.

GZMA

GZMA (granzyme A, HFSP, CTLA3) is a human gene at 5q11.2 encoding granzyme A, a homodimeric tryptase serine protease of cytotoxic T and NK cells that kills targets via caspase-independent SET-complex DNA damage and gasdermin-B pyroptosis.

GZMB

GZMB (granzyme B, formerly CTLA1/CCP1) is a human chromosome 14 gene encoding a 29 kDa serine protease of cytotoxic T cells and NK cells that cleaves after aspartic acid, activates caspase-3 apoptosis, and drives inflammation and autoimmunity.

GZR

GZR (also G//Z/R or G/Z/R) is the heavy metal band founded by Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler and his nephew Pedro Howse, releasing Plastic Planet (1995), Black Science (1997), and Ohmwork (2005).

Gzuz

Gzuz (Ghetto-Zeug unzensiert) is the stage name of Kristoffer Jonas Klauß, a Hamburg gangsta rapper of 187 Strassenbande, with chart-topping albums Wolke 7, Gzuz, Große Freiheit, and Scherbenhaus.