gravity

  • 31gravity — The attractive force exerted by one body on another. All bodies which have mass have this property. The pull of the earth upon objects so that they fall at the rate of 981 cm (32.2 feet) per second every second. Also see center of gravity g… …

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  • 32gravity — A term familiar in oil price quotations, referring to what is called Baume gravity, under which the lighter the oil the higher the gravity. Ohio Oil Co. v Conway, 281 US 146, 74 L Ed 775, 50 S Ct 310 …

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  • 33gravity — [16] Gravity comes from Latin gravitās, a derivative of the adjective gravis ‘heavy, important’. This in turn goes back to a prehistoric Indo European *gru , which also produced Greek bárus ‘heavy’ (source of English baritone [19] and barium… …

    Word origins

  • 34gravity — n. 1 a the force that attracts a body to the centre of the earth or other celestial body. b the degree of intensity of this measured by acceleration. c gravitational force. 2 the property of having weight. 3 a importance, seriousness; the quality …

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  • 35gravity — noun /ˈɡɹævɪti/ a) Resultant force on Earths surface, of the attraction by the Earths masses, and the centrifugal pseudo force caused by the Earths rotation. b) Gravitation, universal force exercised by two bodies onto each other (In casual… …

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  • 36gravity — Synonyms and related words: G, G suit, acuteness, adduction, affinity, allurement, apogeotropism, attractance, attraction, attractiveness, attractivity, augustness, avoirdupois, beef, beefiness, bleakness, buckram, capillarity, capillary… …

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  • 37gravity n — An astronaut who fails on a weightlessness experiment must be aware of the gravity of the situation …

    English expressions

  • 38gravity — sunkis statusas T sritis Standartizacija ir metrologija apibrėžtis Dydis, išreiškiamas kūno masės ir laisvojo kritimo pagreičio sandauga. atitikmenys: angl. gravity vok. Schwere, f; Schwerkraft, f rus. сила тяжести, f pranc. force de pesanteur,… …

    Penkiakalbis aiškinamasis metrologijos terminų žodynas

  • 39gravity — sunkis statusas T sritis Standartizacija ir metrologija apibrėžtis Tiksliai apibrėžtoje atskaitos sistemoje – jėga, kuri veikdama kūną suteikia jam pagreitį, lygų vietiniam laisvojo kritimo pagreičiui toje atskaitos sistemoje. atitikmenys: angl.… …

    Penkiakalbis aiškinamasis metrologijos terminų žodynas

  • 40gravity — sunkis statusas T sritis chemija apibrėžtis Kūno masės ir laisvojo kritimo pagreičio sandauga. atitikmenys: angl. gravity rus. тяжесть …

    Chemijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas