gravity

Meanings

Plural: gravities

Noun

• (physics) the force of attraction between all masses in the universe; especially the attraction of the earth's mass for bodies near its surface; ; ; --Albert Einstein
  • "the more remote the body the less the gravity"
• a manner that is serious and solemn
• a solemn and dignified feeling
• The state or condition of having weight; weight; heaviness.
• The state or condition of being grave; seriousness.
• The lowness of a note.
• The phenomenon that, on earth, objects have weight; the similar phenomenon on other celestial bodies such as the moon.
• Gravitation, the universal force exercised by two bodies on each other by virtue of their masses.
• 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).
• Specific gravity.

Synonyms

graveness, gravitation, gravitational attraction, gravitational force, seriousness, soberness, sobriety, solemnity, somberness, sombreness, weightfulness

Antonyms

levity