| gravity | attractive force which causes all bodies to move toward the center of the earth; weight, heaviness; severity; seriousness; solemnity isim | en |
| gravity | A mutual physical force attracting two bodies | en |
| gravity | One of the fundamental forces of nature It was described by Newton in terms of the masses of the objects experiencing the force and the distance of separation of the objects It was described by Einstein as a distortion of space and time | en |
| gravity | The force of attraction due to mass All matter has gravity which influences its surroundings The amount of gravity between two objects is dependent on their masses and the distance between their centers The greater the mass, the greater the force due to gravity | en |
| gravity | attractive force directly proportional to the product of the masses of and inversely proportional to the distance between two objects; infinite field that determines curvature of spacetime; the only force that has not been mathematically unified with others | en |
| gravity | The natural force that causes objects to move or tend to move toward the center of the earth The cause of weight A constant force that pulls vertical down on all objects at all times | en |
| gravity | Force that attempts to pull objects back to the surface of the earth | en |
| gravity | force that tends to draw all bodies in the earth's sphere toward the center of the earth | en |
| gravity | The state or condition of being grave (graveness) | en |
| gravity | The force which attracts all particles to the Earth, thus giving them weight It is a resultant of two opposing forces: gravitation and centrifugal force due to rotation of the Earth | en |
| gravity | A force with infinite range which acts between objects, such as planets,according to their mass | en |
| gravity | a solemn and dignified feeling (physics) the force of attraction between all masses in the universe; especially the attraction of the earth's mass for bodies near its surface; "the more remote the body the less the gravity"; "the gravitation between two bodies is proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them"; "gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love"--Albert Einstein | en |
| gravity | Importance, significance, dignity, etc; hence, seriousness; enormity; as, the gravity of an offense | en |
| gravity | The state of having weight; beaviness; as, the gravity of lead | en |
| gravity | gravitation, universal force exercised by two bodies onto each other (In casual discussion, gravity and gravitation are often used interchangeably) | en |
| gravity | Sobriety of character or demeanor | en |
| gravity | The tendency of a mass of matter toward a center of attraction; esp | en |
| gravity | n the force of attraction exerted by a planet, moon, or star on other objects; the force that keeps objects from floating off the earth | en |
| gravity | Lowness of tone; opposed to acuteness | en |
| gravity | the tendency of a body toward the center of the earth; terrestrial gravitation | en |
| gravity | resultant force on Earths surface, of the attraction by the Earths masses, and the centrifugal pseudo-force caused by the Earths rotation | en |
| gravity | The gravitational attraction of the earth's mass for bodies at or near its surface i e the downward force acting on each molecule in the air pulling it towards the earth | en |
| gravity | a solemn and dignified feeling | en |
| gravity | In Newtonian physics, the universal, mutual attraction of all massive objects for one another Its force is directly proportional to the mass of each object, and decreases by the square of the distance separating the objects In Einstein's general relativity, gravity is viewed as a consequence of the curvature of space induced by the presence of a massive object greenhouse effect - The warming effect caused by the Earth's atmosphere allowing easy entry of visible light, but difficult escape of infrared radiation (heat) | en |
| gravity | The attraction between two masses, such as the earth and an object on its surface Commonly referred to as the acceleration of gravity Changes in the gravity field can be used to infer information about the structure of the earth's lithosphere and upper mantle | en |
| gravity | a manner that is serious and solemn | en |
| gravity | (physics) the force of attraction between all masses in the universe; especially the attraction of the earth's mass for bodies near its surface; "the more remote the body the less the gravity"; "the gravitation between two bodies is proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them"; "gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love"--Albert Einstein | en |
| gravity | Gravity is the force which causes things to drop to the ground. Arrows would continue to fly forward forever in a straight line were it not for gravity, which brings them down to earth. see also centre of gravity | en |
| gravity | The gravity of a situation or event is its extreme importance or seriousness. They deserve punishment which matches the gravity of their crime Not all acts of vengeance are of equal gravity | en |
| gravity | The gravity of someone's behaviour or speech is the extremely serious way in which they behave or speak. There was an appealing gravity to everything she said | en |
| gravity | The force of attraction of the earth on an object The direction is downward relative to the earth, and it decreases with elevation or altitude away from the earth's surface | en |
| gravity | one of the fundamental physical forces of nature attracting two bodies to each other | en |
| gravity | the force of attraction between two objects (such as the force between an airplane and the Earth) | en |
| gravity | A mutual physical force of nature that causes two bodies to attract each other | en |
| gravity | One of the fundamental forces of nature, defined as the constant force of attraction between all objects in the universe The gravitational force is inversely proportional to the square of the distance between the objects and proportional to the masses | en |
| gravity | a fundamental force of nature between two objects that is proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between their respective centers It depends on nothing else | en |
| gravity | 1 The force of attraction exerted by one body in the universe on another Gravity is directly proportional to the product of the masses of the two attracted bodies 2 The force of attraction exerted by the Earth on bodies on or near its surface, tending to pull them toward the Earth's center | en |
| gravity | Gravity is the mutual force of attraction between all particles or bodies that have mass Gravity often refers to the vector sum of the gravitational attraction of various masses within the planet plus the centrifugal force caused by the rotation of the Earth | en |
| gravity | The most feeble of the four fundamental forces in the universe that affect all matter Gravity is an attractive force The magnitude of gravitational attraction depends directly on mass and inversely on distance squared For instance, the gravitational attraction between you and the Earth is much greater than that between you and the Sun, even though the Sun is far more massive than the Earth (333,000 times) The distance separating you from the Sun weakens the mutual gravitational attraction so that the Earth's gravitational pull on you at Earth's surface is 1653 times greater than the Sun's | en |
| gravity | Is the process where any body of mass found in the universe attracts other bodies with a force proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the distance that separates them First proposed by Sir Issac Newton in 1686 | en |