grav
English
Noun
grav (plural gravs)
- A unit of force or acceleration equal to the standard acceleration of free fall.
- 1968, Fritz Leiber, A specter is haunting Texas:
- My heart was pounding as it pumped blood to my brain — no small job, considering my height and the gravs.
- 2009, Jack Davis, Will Elder, Al Jaffee, Humbug, →ISBN, page 32:
- Proceed at a speed of four light years after accelerating thirteen gravs per millisecond.”
- 2014, Gregory Benford, Larry Niven, Shipstar: A Science Fiction Novel, →ISBN:
- . “They're small, can maneuver faster than we can,”Clare said. “Accelerating at three gravs, too.”
- (science fiction) An artificial gravity generator.
- 1950, Nelson Bond, Lancelot Biggs: Spaceman, →ISBN, page 76:
- Since there is no such thing as top or bottom in space, the ship's artificial gravs hold you to the floor no matter which end of the vessel points which way.
- 2007, L. E. Modesitt, Jr., The Ecolitan Enigma, →ISBN:
- ... We will be going to low-gravity just before jump. Passengers should be firmly strapped in at this time." "Good," murmured Muerotte. "Cutting gravs...brace yourself.
- 2010, L. E. Modesitt, Jr., The Parafaith War, →ISBN:
- Trystin shut down the ventilation system and shifted the last of the power for gravs into the thrusters.
- (science fiction) An anti-gravity device.
- 1992, Bill Baldwin, The Defenders:
- A starship thundered invisibly close overhead, its gravs at full lift-off power.
- 1992, Gardner Dozois, Geodesic Dreams: The Best Short Fiction Of Gardner Dozois, →ISBN, page 83:
- The orbot was a speck, a clot, a ball, a toy. It was gliding silently in on gravs, directly overhead.
- 2008, Martin Rait, FSpace Roleplaying Conspiracy Convention Skills Guide v1.1, →ISBN, page 7:
- Air cars include any vehicle which are grav powered and are capable of flying, but unlike aeroplanes they handle similar to normal ground cars.
- 2011, R Richard, Second Chance King of Avuls, →ISBN, page 7:
- I set things up for the grav sled support and the Averonian operation.
- 2011, J. E. Murphy, Sanctuary, →ISBN, page 317:
- With the gravs, I can land in ten seconds and be cutting a door for you at the same time.
Danish
Etymology 1
From Old Norse grǫf, gröf, from Proto-Germanic *grabą, *grabō (“grave, trench, ditch”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrābʰ- (“to dig, scratch, scrape”). Compare Norwegian and Swedish grav, Icelandic gröf, English grave, West Frisian grêf, Low German Graf, Graff, Dutch graf, German Grab.
Pronunciation
Noun
grav c (singular definite graven, plural indefinite grave)
Inflection
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Etymology 2
See grave.
Pronunciation
Verb
grav
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Noun
grav f or m (definite singular grava or graven, indefinite plural graver, definite plural gravene)
- a grave (place of burial)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
grav
References
- “grav” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Norse grǫf. Akin to English grave.
Noun
grav f (definite singular grava, indefinite plural graver, definite plural gravene)
- a grave (place of burial)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
grav
References
- “grav” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French grave, Latin gravis. Compare the inherited doublet greu.
Pronunciation
Adjective
grav m or n (feminine singular gravă, masculine plural gravi, feminine and neuter plural grave)
Declension
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Adverb
grav
Swedish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Norse grǫf, gröf, from Proto-Germanic *grabą, *grabō (“grave, trench, ditch”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrābʰ- (“to dig, scratch, scrape”). Compare Norwegian and Danish grav, Icelandic gröf, English grave, Dutch graf, German Grab.
Noun
grav c
- a grave
Declension
Declension of grav | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | grav | graven | gravar | gravarna |
Genitive | gravs | gravens | gravars | gravarnas |
Related terms
Etymology 2
From French grave. Compare English grave.
Adjective
grav (comparative gravare, superlative gravast)
Declension
Inflection of grav | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | grav | gravare | gravast |
Neuter singular | gravt | gravare | gravast |
Plural | grava | gravare | gravast |
Masculine plural3 | grave | gravare | gravast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | grave | gravare | gravaste |
All | grava | gravare | gravaste |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |
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