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/grˈævəti/ /grˈævɪti/ Listen

noun

Gravity n. (pl. gravities)

The state of having weight; beaviness; as, the gravity of lead.

Sobriety of character or demeanor. "Men of gravity and learning."

Importance, significance, dignity, etc; hence, seriousness; enormity; as, the gravity of an offense. "They derive an importance from... the gravity of the place where they were uttered."

(Physics) 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.

(Mus.) Lowness of tone; opposed to acuteness.

Center of gravity See under Center.

Gravity battery, See Battery, n., 4.

Specific gravity, the ratio of the weight of a body to the weight of an equal volume of some other body taken as the standard or unit. This standard is usually water for solids and liquids, and air for gases. Thus, 19, the specific gravity of gold, expresses the fact that, bulk for bulk, gold is nineteen times as heavy as water.

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"Gravity" Quotes from Famous Books

... the constant policy of this paper to avoid controversy of any kind, both because the matters it deals with are best examined as intellectual propositions and because the increasing gravity of the time is ill-suited for domestic quarrel. I none the less owe it to my readers to take some notice of the very violent personal attack delivered by the Harmsworth Press some ten days ago upon my work in this journal. I owe it ...

— Hilaire Belloc - The Man and His Work • C. Creighton Mandell

... has often unintentionally amused his acquaintances by the gravity with which he attributes significance to the ...

— Tales From Bohemia • Robert Neilson Stephens

... against the Church the priest will often condemn the culprit to wear a hideous garment for hours, or days, according to the gravity of the offence, but this punishment can be worn by proxy. There are always those who, for a consideration, will ...

— Through Five Republics on Horseback • G. Whitfield Ray

... as if to entreat. A soft color wavered over her face, and then she glanced up with a gentle gravity. ...

— A Little Girl in Old Detroit • Amanda Minnie Douglas

... terrestrial counterparts that existed on earth during its corresponding period, there were some interesting modifications. The organs of locomotion in the amphibians were more developed, while the eyes of all were larger, the former being of course necessitated by the power of gravity, and the latter by the greater distance ...

— A Journey in Other Worlds - A Romance of the Future • John Jacob Astor

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