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Meanings of G clef in English

A clef that puts the G above middle C on the second line of a staff.

Usage of G clef in English
1
She looked at the arrow, the rings, and the G clef.
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2
There was also a pair of interlocking rings, and a figure that vaguely resembled a G clef.
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3
They repeated the process with the final icon, the G clef, and returned to the control module to see the results.
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4
As a general thing they were violinists who had failed-'therefugees of the G clef,' as Edouard Colonne, the eminent conductor, once wittily said.
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5
Telephone lines were tangled with wooden frames and torn paper, like broken G clefs and smeared glissandos.
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