gravity
/ˈɡɹævɪti/ · noun
Meaning
- The state or condition of having weight; weight; heaviness.
- The state or condition of being grave; seriousness.
- The lowness of a note.
- 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).
- Specific gravity.
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