gravity
16th century, learned borrowing from lbor en (compare French gravité), from gravis. Pronunciation
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16th century, learned borrowing from lbor en (compare French gravité), from gravis. Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈɡɹævɪti/
gravity
- The state or condition of having weight; weight; heaviness.
- The state or condition of being grave; seriousness.
- I hope you appreciate the gravity of the situation.
- (music) The lowness of a note.
- (physics) Force on Earth's surface, of the attraction by the Earth's masses, and the centrifugal pseudo-force caused by the Earth's rotation, resulting from gravitation.
- (in casual discussion, also) Gravitation, universal force exercised by two bodies onto each other (gravity and gravitation are often used interchangeably).
- (physics) Specific gravity.
- weightfulness
- The state or condition of being grave: graveness, seriousness
- French: gravité
- German: Bedenklichkeit, Ernst
- Portuguese: gravidade
- Russian: серьёзность
- Spanish: gravedad
- French: gravité, pesanteur
- German: Erdanziehung, Gravitation
- Italian: gravità
- Portuguese: gravidade
- Russian: притяже́ние
- Spanish: gravedad
- French: gravité
- German: Schwerkraft, Gravitation
- Portuguese: gravitação
- Russian: тяготе́ние
- Spanish: gravedad
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