Gravity

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Physics The natural force of attraction exerted by a celestial body, such as Earth, upon objects at or near its surface, tending to draw them toward the center of the body.
  • n. Physics The natural force of attraction between any two massive bodies, which is directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them.
  • n. Physics Gravitation.
  • n. Grave consequence; seriousness or importance: They are still quite unaware of the gravity of their problems.
  • n. Solemnity or dignity of manner.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Resultant force on Earth's surface, of the attraction by the Earth's masses, and the centrifugal pseudo-force caused by the Earth's rotation.
  • n. Gravitation, universal force exercised by two bodies onto each other (In casual discussion, gravity and gravitation are often used interchangeably).
  • n. The state or condition of having weight; weight; heaviness.
  • n. Specific gravity.
  • n. The state or condition of being grave (graveness).
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The state of having weight; beaviness.
  • n. Sobriety of character or demeanor.
  • n. Importance, significance, dignity, etc; hence, seriousness; enormity.
  • n. The tendency of a mass of matter toward a center of attraction; esp., the tendency of a body toward the center of the earth; terrestrial gravitation.
  • n. Lowness of tone; -- opposed to acuteness.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Weight, as contradistinguished from mass; precisely, the downward acceleration of terrestrial bodies, due to the gravitation of the earth modified by the centrifugal force due to its rotation on its axis.
  • Solemnity of deportment or character; sedateness of demeanor; seriousness.
  • Importance; significance; dignity.
  • In acoustics, the state of being low in pitch: opposed to acuteness.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a solemn and dignified feeling
  • n. a manner that is serious and solemn
  • n. (physics) the force of attraction between all masses in the universe; especially the attraction of the earth's mass for bodies near its surface
  • Antonym
    acuteness   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    beaviness    enormity    seriousness    sobriety    dignity    importance    attraction   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    cavity    depravity   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    dignity    solemnity    strength    seriousness    tenderness    warmth    courtesy    modesty    intensity    composure