gravity
Meaning
- (countable, uncountable) The state or condition of having weight; weight; heaviness.
- (countable, uncountable) The state or condition of being grave; seriousness.
- (countable, uncountable) The lowness of a note.
- (countable, uncountable) The phenomenon that, on earth, objects have weight; the similar phenomenon on other celestial bodies such as the moon.
- (broadly, countable, uncountable) Gravitation, the universal force exercised by two bodies on each other by virtue of their masses.
- (countable, uncountable) A law or laws of gravitation: any theory which attempts to account for the phenomena of weight and/or the mutual attraction of massive objects (Aristotelian gravity, Newtonian gravity).
- (countable, uncountable) Specific gravity.
Synonyms
gravitational attraction
attractive force
attraction force
force of gravity
personal magnetism
Translations
gravité
Schwerkraft
gravità
gravedad
zwaartekracht
gravidade
gravetat
βαρύτηταFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɡɹævɪti/
Etymology
In summary
Learned borrowing from Latin gravitās (“weight”) (compare French gravité), from gravis (“heavy”). Doublet of gravitas. First attested in the 16th century.
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