gravimetry
— Noun
– English
~ the measurement of specific gravity
graving dock
— Noun
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~ a large dock from which water can be pumped out; used for building ships or for repairing a ship below its waterline
gravitas
— Noun
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~ formality in bearing and appearance; "he behaved with great dignity"
gravitate
— Verb
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~ be attracted to; "Boys gravitate towards girls at that age"
gravitate
— Verb
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~ move toward; "The conversation gravitated towards politics"
gravitate
— Verb
– English
~ move due to the pull of gravitation; "The stars gravitate towards each other"
gravitation
— Noun
– English
~ movement downward resulting from gravitational attraction; "irrigation by gravitation rather than by pumps"
gravitation
— Noun
– English
~ (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
gravitation
— Noun
– English
~ a figurative movement toward some attraction; "the gravitation of the middle class to the suburbs"
gravitational
— Adjective
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~ of or relating to or caused by gravitation
gravitational collapse
— Noun
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~ the implosion of a star resulting from its own gravity; the result is a smaller and denser celestial object
gravitational field
— Noun
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~ a field of force surrounding a body of finite mass
gravitational force
— Noun
– English
~ (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
gravitational constant
— Noun
– English
~ (physics) the universal constant relating force to mass and distance in Newton's law of gravitation
gravitational attraction
— Noun
– English
~ (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