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From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) : [ gazetteer ]


  Gravity, IA (city, FIPS 32520)
    Location: 40.76013 N, 94.74278 W
    Population (1990): 218 (103 housing units)
    Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 50848

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Gravity \Grav"i*ty\, n.; pl. Gravities. [L. gravitas, fr.
     gravis heavy; cf. F. gravit['e]. See Grave, a., Grief.]
     1. The state of having weight; beaviness; as, the gravity of
        lead.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Sobriety of character or demeanor. ``Men of gravity and
        learning.'' --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Importance, significance, dignity, etc; hence,
        seriousness; enormity; as, the gravity of an offense.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              They derive an importance from . . . the gravity of
              the place where they were uttered.    --Burke.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. (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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     5. (Mus.) Lowness of tone; -- opposed to acuteness.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Fault \Fault\, n.
     1. (Elec.) A defective point in an electric circuit due to a
        crossing of the parts of the conductor, or to contact with
        another conductor or the earth, or to a break in the
        circuit.
  
     2. (Geol. & Mining) A dislocation caused by a slipping of
        rock masses along a plane of facture; also, the dislocated
        structure resulting from such slipping.
  
     Note: The surface along which the dislocated masses have
           moved is called the
  
     fault plane. When this plane is vertical, the fault is a
  
     vertical fault; when its inclination is such that the
        present relative position of the two masses could have
        been produced by the sliding down, along the fault plane,
        of the mass on its upper side, the fault is a
  
     normal, or gravity, fault. When the fault plane is so
        inclined that the mass on its upper side has moved up
        relatively, the fault is then called a
  
     reverse (or reversed), thrust, or overthrust,
     fault. If no vertical displacement has resulted, the fault
        is then called a
  
     horizontal fault. The linear extent of the dislocation
        measured on the fault plane and in the direction of
        movement is the
  
     displacement; the vertical displacement is the
  
     throw; the horizontal displacement is the
  
     heave. The direction of the line of intersection of the
        fault plane with a horizontal plane is the
  
     trend of the fault. A fault is a
  
     strike fault when its trend coincides approximately with
        the strike of associated strata (i.e., the line of
        intersection of the plane of the strata with a horizontal
        plane); it is a
  
     dip fault when its trend is at right angles to the strike;
        an
  
     oblique fault when its trend is oblique to the strike.
        Oblique faults and dip faults are sometimes called
  
     cross faults. A series of closely associated parallel
        faults are sometimes called
  
     step faults and sometimes
  
     distributive faults.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Gravity \Grav"i*ty\, n.; pl. Gravities. [L. gravitas, fr.
     gravis heavy; cf. F. gravit['e]. 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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  gravity
       n 1: (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 [syn: gravitation,
             gravitational attraction, gravitational force]
       2: a manner that is serious and solemn [syn: graveness, sobriety,
           soberness, somberness]
       3: a solemn and dignified feeling [syn: solemnity] [ant: levity]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  gravity
     Αγγλικά n.
     βαρύτητα

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  gravity
     n.
     1 The state or condition of having weight; weight; heaviness.
     2 The state or condition of being grave; seriousness.
     3 (lb en music) The lowness of a note.
     4 (lb en physics) The force at the 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.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  gravity
     n.
     1 The state or condition of having weight; weight; heaviness.
     2 The state or condition of being grave; seriousness.
     3 (lb en music) The lowness of a note.
     4 (lb en physics) The force at the 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.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  gravity
     n.
     1 The state or condition of having weight; weight; heaviness.
     2 The state or condition of being grave; seriousness.
     3 (lb en music) The lowness of a note.
     4 (lb en physics) The force at the 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.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  gravity
     n.
     1 The state or condition of having weight; weight; heaviness.
     2 The state or condition of being grave; seriousness.
     3 (lb en music) The lowness of a note.
     4 (lb en physics) The force at the 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.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  gravity
     Englanti n.
     1 painovoima, vetovoima
     2 vakavuus

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  gravity
     Engelska n.
     1 allvar
     2 vikt
     3 gravitation

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Gravity /ɡɹˈavɪti/
  الجاذبية

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  gravity //ˈɡɹævɪti// 
  1. ва́жност, серио́зност
  graveness, the condition or state of being grave
  2. гравита́ция
  gravitation, gravity force on two mass bodies
  3. гравита́ция, притегляне
  resultant force on Earth's surface

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  gravity /ɡɹˈavɪti/
  gravitační síla

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  gravity /ɡɹˈavɪti/ 
  přitažlivost

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  gravity /ɡɹˈavɪti/ 
  gravitace

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  gravity /ɡɹˈavɪti/
  zemská tíže

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  gravity /ɡɹˈavɪti/
  tíže

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  gravity /ɡɹˈavɪti/
  tíha