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gravity
noun(grav-i-ty)
dignity or sobriety of bearing
gravity
noun(grav-i-ty)
importance, significance; especially : seriousness
gravity
noun(grav-i-ty)
a serious situation or problem
gravity
noun(grav-i-ty)
a wave in a fluid (such as the ocean or the atmosphere) which is propagated because of the tendency of gravity to maintain a uniform level or in which gravity is the restoring force
gravity
noun(grav-i-ty)
gravitational wave
gravity
noun phrase(grav-i-ty)
the acceleration of a body in free fall under the influence of earth's gravity expressed as the rate of increase of velocity per unit of time and assigned the standard value of 980.665 centimeters per second per second —called also g
gravity
noun phrase(grav-i-ty)
center of mass
gravity
noun phrase(grav-i-ty)
the point at which the entire weight of a body may be considered as concentrated so that if supported at this point the body would remain in equilibrium in any position
gravity
noun phrase(grav-i-ty)
center
gravity
noun(grav-i-ty)
the ratio of the density of a substance to the density of some substance (such as pure water) taken as a standard when both densities are obtained by weighing in air
gravity
noun(grav-i-ty)
the state or condition of lacking apparent gravitational pull : weightlessness

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