GZ or gz may refer to:
* .gz, the file extension for
gzip
gzip is a file format and a software application used for file compression and decompression. The program was created by Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler as a free software replacement for the compress program used in early Unix systems, and ...
files (GNU zip, an open source file compression program)
* GZ, an
HCPCS The Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS, often pronounced by its acronym as "hick picks") is a set of health care procedure codes based on the American Medical Association's Current Procedural Terminology (CPT).
History
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Level II modifier meaning an item or service is expected to be denied as not reasonable or necessary
* GZ, the "righting moment" or "righting arm" acting to restore a tilting ship to vertical; see
metacentric height
The metacentric height (GM) is a measurement of the initial static stability of a floating body. It is calculated as the distance between the centre of gravity of a ship and its '' metacentre''. A larger metacentric height implies greater initial ...
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Galaxy Zoo, a crowdsourced astronomy project
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Gaza Strip
The Gaza Strip, also known simply as Gaza, is a small territory located on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea; it is the smaller of the two Palestinian territories, the other being the West Bank, that make up the State of Palestine. I ...
(FIPS PUB 10-4 territory code)
* ''Gestrichener Zellstoffkarton'' (German; DIN 19303 Code), a grade of paperboard also known as
solid bleached board
Solid bleached board (SBB) or solid bleached sulphate (SBS) is a virgin fibre grade of paperboard.
This grade is made purely from bleached chemical pulp and usually has a mineral or synthetic pigment coated top surface in one or more layers (C1 ...
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Ground Zero
A hypocenter or hypocentre (), also called ground zero or surface zero, is the point on the Earth's surface directly below a nuclear explosion, meteor air burst, or other mid-air explosion. In seismology, the hypocenter of an earthquake is its p ...
, in military parlance
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Guangzhou
Guangzhou, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Canton or Kwangchow, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Guangdong Provinces of China, province in South China, southern China. Located on the Pearl River about nor ...
, capital and largest city of Guangdong Province in southeastern China
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Guizhou
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, a province of China (Guobiao abbreviation GZ)
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Air Rarotonga
Air Rarotonga is an airline based in Rarotonga, Cook Islands and is the flag carrier of the country, known by their slogan as ‘The Airline of the Cook Islands’. It operates inter-island and regional scheduled services throughout the Cook ...
(IATA airline designator)
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Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes'', a 2014 video game
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