GRAVITY

graveness, gravity, sobriety, soberness, somberness, sombreness

(noun) a manner that is serious and solemn

gravity, solemnity

(noun) a solemn and dignified feeling

gravity, gravitation, gravitational attraction, gravitational force

(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; “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

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

gravity (countable and uncountable, plural gravities)

The state or condition of having weight; weight; heaviness.

The state or condition of being grave; seriousness.

(music) The lowness of a note.

(physics) Force on Earth's surface, of the attraction by the Earth's masses, and the centrifugal pseudo-force caused by the Earth's rotation, resulting from gravitation.

(in casual discussion, also) Gravitation, universal force exercised by two bodies onto each other (gravity and gravitation are often used interchangeably).

(physics) Specific gravity.

Synonyms

• weightfulness

• The state or condition of being grave: graveness, seriousness

Source: Wiktionary

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Grav"i*ty, n.; pl. Gravities. Etym: [L. gravitas, fr. gravis heavy; cf. F. gravité. See Grave, a., Grief.]

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

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

3. 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. Burke.

4. (Physics)

Definition: 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.

5. (Mus.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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