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Golden-section search
Golden-section search is a derivative-free method for finding the minimum of a unimodal function on an interval, shrinking it by the golden ratio each iteration using only function evaluations.
Goldeneye (estate)
Goldeneye is an estate in Oracabessa Bay on Jamaica's north coast, built by Ian Fleming in 1946, where he wrote all 14 of his James Bond novels.
Goldenstedt/Visbek Gas Field
Goldenstedt/Visbek is a natural gas field in the Weser-Ems region of Lower Saxony, Germany, southwest of Bremen. Discovered in 1959, it has produced about 67 billion cubic meters, more than any other German gas field.
Goldfields Water Supply Scheme
The Goldfields Water Supply Scheme, also known as the Golden Pipeline, pumps water 560 kilometers from Mundaring Weir to Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. Designed by C. Y. O'Connor, it opened in 1903.
Goldhofer
Goldhofer Aktiengesellschaft is a German manufacturer of heavy-duty transport vehicles and airport ground support equipment headquartered in Memmingen, Bavaria, tracing its origins to a forge founded in 1705.
Goldin Finance 117 (高银金融117)
Goldin Finance 117, also known as Tianjin 117, is a 596.6-meter supertall skyscraper in Tianjin, China, topped out in 2015 and due for completion in 2027.
Goldsmith
A goldsmith is a craftsperson who designs and makes objects, chiefly jewelry, from gold and other precious metals. The term has always covered work in both gold and silver.
Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex
The Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex is a NASA satellite tracking facility in California's Mojave Desert, the US station of the Deep Space Network, managed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Goldwind
Goldwind (金风科技), formally Goldwind Science & Technology Co., Ltd., is a Chinese wind turbine manufacturer founded in 1998 in Urumqi, Xinjiang, and the world's top supplier by new installations since 2023.
Golf cart
A golf cart, or golf buggy, is a small vehicle carrying two to six golfers and their equipment around a course, typically limited to 20 mph.
Golf-class submarine
The Golf-class submarine (Project 629) was a Soviet diesel-electric ballistic missile submarine, the first designed from the keel up to launch ballistic missiles, serving from 1959 to 1990.
Golfech nuclear power plant
The Golfech nuclear power plant (centrale nucléaire de Golfech) is a French plant with two 1,300 MWe pressurized water reactors, operated by EDF on the Garonne river in Tarn-et-Garonne.
Golfinho Oil and Gas Field
The Golfinho Oil and Gas Field is a deepwater oil and gas field offshore Brazil in the Espírito Santo Basin, discovered in 2003 and owned by BW Energy.
Golgohar Sirjan power station
Golgohar Sirjan power station, also known as the Goharan Combined Cycle Power Plant, is a gas-fired combined-cycle station near Sirjan, Iran, serving the Golgohar mining complex.
Goliah (sternwheeler)
Goliah was a wooden sidewheel tugboat built in New York in 1849, the second purpose-built American tug and the first tugboat to work San Francisco Bay, arriving in 1851.
Goliat Oil and Gas Field
Goliat is an oil field in the Norwegian Barents Sea, 85 km northwest of Hammerfest and the first oil field developed there, producing since 2016.
Goliath tracked mine
The Goliath tracked mine (Leichter Ladungsträger Goliath), nicknamed the "Doodle Bug", was a German remote-controlled tracked demolition vehicle of World War II, used against tanks, fortifications, and infantry from 1942.
Golmud converter station
Golmud converter station, also known as the Chaidam converter station, is the sending-end HVDC station near Golmud, Qinghai, that first connected the Tibet grid to China's network in 2011.
Golmud Nanshankou Pumped Storage Power Station
The Golmud Nanshankou Pumped Storage Power Station (格尔木南山口抽水蓄能电站) is a pumped-storage power station under construction in Golmud, Qinghai, China, with a 2,400 MW capacity from eight 300 MW units.
Göltzsch Viaduct
The Göltzsch Viaduct (German: Göltzschtalbrücke) is a brick railway viaduct in the Vogtland region of Saxony, Germany, the largest brick-built bridge in the world at 574 m long and 78 m high.
Gomal Zam Dam
Gomal Zam Dam is a roller-compacted concrete dam on the Gomal River in South Waziristan, Pakistan, completed in 2013 for irrigation, flood control, and 17.4 MW of power.
GoMentum Station
GoMentum Station is a secure closed-course testing facility for connected and automated vehicle technology in Concord, California, opened in 2014 on a former naval weapons station.
Gondola
The gondola is a traditional flat-bottomed, asymmetric rowing boat of Venice, documented since 1094. It survives today as a regulated tourist service and a symbol of the city.
Gondola (rail)
A gondola is an open-top freight railcar with fixed sides and end doors or solid floor, ranking second to boxcars in ubiquity and serving heavy industry.
Gong.io
Gong.io, commonly known as Gong, is a privately held software company founded in 2015 by Amit Bendov and Eilon Reshef that applies AI to sales calls, coaching, and revenue forecasting.
Gongboxia hydroelectric plant
The Gongboxia hydroelectric plant (公伯峡水电站) is a 1500 MW hydroelectric station on the upper Yellow River in Qinghai, China, generating about 5.14 billion kWh annually.
Gongxian power station
Gongxian power station (华电四川珙县发电厂) is a 1,200-megawatt coal-fired power station in Gong County, Yibin, Sichuan, China, owned by China Huadian, whose two 600 MW units began service in 2010 and 2011.
Gongyi power station
Gongyi power station (大唐巩义发电厂), also called Datang Gongyi power station, is a 1,320 MW coal-fired power station in Gongyi, Zhengzhou, Henan, China, commissioned in 2019.
Goniometer
A goniometer is an instrument for measuring angles, a name covering devices that measure crystal faces, clinical joint range of motion, surface contact angles, and precise sample positioning in X-ray diffraction.
Good Kill
Good Kill is a 2014 American war drama written and directed by Andrew Niccol, starring Ethan Hawke as a drone pilot in Las Vegas who strikes targets in Afghanistan.