GY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Gy mean? 

• GY (noun)
  The noun GY has 1 sense:

1. the SI unit of energy absorbed from ionizing radiation; equal to the absorption of one joule of radiation energy by one kilogram of matter; one gray equals 100 rad

  Familiarity information: GY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The SI unit of energy absorbed from ionizing radiation; equal to the absorption of one joule of radiation energy by one kilogram of matter; one gray equals 100 rad

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

gray; Gy

Hypernyms ("Gy" is a kind of...):

radioactivity unit (a measure of radioactivity)

 Context examples 

A group led by Dr. György Buzsáki at New York University took a closer look at how temporal lobe epilepsy affects the brain’s memory network.

(Seizures disrupt memory network, NIH)

It is calculated by averaging the radiation dose delivered over x,y and z directions and expressed in the SI unit of Gray (Gy).

(Computed Tomography Dose Index Volume, NCI Thesaurus)

A unit of absorbed radiation dose equal to one million rad (10E6 rad), or 10000 Gy (10E4 Gy).

(Megarad, NCI Thesaurus)