CG

See also: cg and .cg

Translingual

Symbol

CG

1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for the Republic of the Congo.

   Synonym: COG (alpha-3)

English

Noun

CG (plural CGs)

1. (visual effects, animation) Initialism of computer graphics.

   Synonym: CGI

2. Initialism of cover girl.
3. (baseball) Initialism of complete games; the statistic reporting the number of games thrown by a pitcher.
4. (US, military, nautical) A guided missile cruiser.
5. (US, military, nautical) Initialism of coast guard.
6. (video games, in a visual novel) A unique, static full-screen image, usually displayed to illustrate a significant event in the story.
   • 2016 March 7, Andrew Barker, “Steins;Gate”, in RPGFan‎^[1], archived from the original on 10 October 2019:

     Plenty of CGs pad out the adventure too, with beautiful art depicting the events that take place.

   • 2017 August 31, Marcus Estrada, “Review: A Hand in the Darkness”, in Hardcore Gamer‎^[2]:

     There are a good number of CG scenes as well which provide even nicer artwork. Please note that though this is a visual novel on Steam, there are pretty steamy CGs in each route.

7. (economics) Initialism of capital gain.
8. (ABDL, BDSM) Initialism of caregiver.

Anagrams

• GC

Japanese

Etymology

From English CG (“computer graphics” or “computer generated”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɕiːʑiː]

Noun

CG(シージー) • (shī-jī) 

1. digital art, especially referring to a singular drawing

   C(シー)G(ジー)集(しゅう)

   shī-jī-shū

   digital artwork collection

Derived terms

• 3DCG (3DCG)
• 2DCG (2DCG)