MG, Mg, or mg and variants may refer to:

Arts

Entertainment

* MG, a character in ''

The Perhapanauts ''The Perhapanauts'' is an American comic book series created by writer Todd Dezago and artist Craig Rousseau in 2005. The first two Limited series (comics), mini-series, "First Blood" and "Second Chances", were published by Dark Horse Comics, ...

'' comics * Magilla Gorilla, a cartoon character * '' Match Game'', a television game show

Music

* '' Main gauche'', "left hand" in piano playing * ''MG'' (album), a 2015 album by Martin Gore * The M.G.'s, from the band Booker T. & the M.G.'s * ''The MG's'' (album), an album by the M.G.'s * M:G, real name Maribel Gonzalez, dance music singer * MG Select, a house duo music production including George Jackson

Military

* Machine gun (MG-), prefix for model designations, for example, "MG42" * Major general, a military rank * Medal for Gallantry, a military decoration

Organizations

* MG Cars, an automotive marque of the now defunct MG Car Company * MG Motor, a present-day car manufacturing company ** JSW MG Motor India, Indian subsidiary of MG Motor ** MG Motors Pakistan, Pakistani subsidiary of MG Motor * Champion Air (IATA code) * Matematička gimnazija, a school in Belgrade *

Monte Generoso railway The Monte Generoso Railway or Ferrovia Monte Generoso (MG) is a mountain railway line in the Italian language, Italian speaking cantons of Switzerland, canton of Ticino, in south-east Switzerland. The line runs from Capolago, on Lake Luga ...

Places

Madagascar Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country that includes the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral islands. Lying off the southeastern coast of Africa, it is the world's List of islands by area, f ...

(ISO 3166-1 country code MG) ** .mg, the Internet country code top-level domain for Madagascar *

Minas Gerais Minas Gerais () is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil, being the fourth largest state by area and the second largest in number of inhabitants with a population of 20,539,989 according to the 2022 Brazilian census, 2022 census. Located in ...

, Brazil *

Mongolia Mongolia is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south and southeast. It covers an area of , with a population of 3.5 million, making it the world's List of countries and dependencies by po ...

(FIPS 10-4 country code MG)

Science and technology

* .mg, the Internet country code top-level domain for Madagascar * Force of

gravity In physics, gravity (), also known as gravitation or a gravitational interaction, is a fundamental interaction, a mutual attraction between all massive particles. On Earth, gravity takes a slightly different meaning: the observed force b ...

, product of mass (''m'') by acceleration of gravity (''g'') * mg (text editor), a text editing program * MagicGate and OpenMG, encryption technologies of Sony *

Magnesium Magnesium is a chemical element; it has Symbol (chemistry), symbol Mg and atomic number 12. It is a shiny gray metal having a low density, low melting point and high chemical reactivity. Like the other alkaline earth metals (group 2 ...

, a chemical element with symbol Mg * Manual Gates, a type of

level crossing A level crossing is an intersection where a railway line crosses a road, Trail, path, or (in rare situations) airport runway, at the same level, as opposed to the railway line or the road etc. crossing over or under using an Overpass#Railway, o ...

used in the United Kingdom *

Microgrid A microgrid is a local electrical grid with defined electrical boundaries, acting as a single and controllable entity. It is able to operate in grid-connected and off-grid modes.

, a local architecture for power grid within the concept of

Smart Grid The smart grid is an enhancement of the 20th century electrical grid, using two-way communications and distributed so-called intelligent devices. Two-way flows of electricity and information could improve the delivery network. Research is main ...

that can function both connected to and isolanded from the main grid. * Motor-generator, a device for converting electrical power to another form

Biology and medicine

* Michaelis-Gutmann bodies, concentrically layered basophilic inclusions in the urinary tract * Monoglyceride, or monoacylglycerol * Myasthenia gravis, a neuromuscular disease * '' Mycoplasma gallisepticum'', a disease affecting chickens and other birds * '' Mycoplasma genitalium'', a sexually transmitted bacterium * Marker gene, a gene which can be used to find taxonomic lineages, or a gene used to find if a DNA sequence has been inserted into an organism

Units of measurement

* Milligram (mg), equal to 10 gram * Megagauss (MG), equal to 100 teslas * Megagram (Mg), equal to 10 grams, commonly known as tonne * Milligauss (mG), equal to 10 tesla

Other uses

* ''Mg'' (magazine), an American business monthly *

Malagasy language Malagasy ( ; ; Sorabe: ) is an Austronesian languages, Austronesian language and dialect continuum spoken in Madagascar. The standard variety, called Official Malagasy, is one of the official languages of Madagascar, alongside French language, F ...

Matt Groening Matthew Abram Groening ( ; born February 15, 1954) is an American cartoonist, writer, producer, and animator. He is best known as the creator of the television series ''The Simpsons'' (1989–present), ''Futurama'' (1999–2003, 2008–2013, 2 ...

Outlaw motorcycle club An outlaw motorcycle club, known colloquially as a biker club or club (in Australia), is a motorcycle subculture generally centered on the use of Cruiser (motorcycle), cruiser motorcycles, particularly Harley-Davidsons and chopper (motorcycle ...

(motorcycle gang)