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Etymology
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16th century, learned borrowing from Latin gravitās ( “ weight ” ) (compare French gravité gravis ( “ heavy ” ) . Doublet of gravitas
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈɡɹævɪti/ Hyphenation: grav‧i‧ty
Noun
gravity (countable and uncountable plural gravities
The state or condition of having weight ; weight; heaviness .
The state or condition of being grave ; seriousness .
I hope you appreciate the gravity of the situation.
( music ) 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 .
2013 June 7, David Simpson, “Fantasy of navigation ”, in The Guardian Weekly 188 , number 26 , page 36 :It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]: perhaps out of a desire to escape the gravity of this world or to get a preview of the next; […].
( in casual discussion, also ) Gravitation , universal force exercised by two bodies onto each other (gravity and gravitation are often used interchangeably ).
2012 January, Michael Riordan, “Tackling Infinity ”, in American Scientist 100 , number 1, page 86 :Some of the most beautiful and thus appealing physical theories, including quantum electrodynamics and quantum gravity , have been dogged for decades by infinities that erupt when theorists try to prod their calculations into new domains. Getting rid of these nagging infinities has probably occupied far more effort than was spent in originating the theories.
( physics ) Specific gravity .
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Translations
graveness, the condition or state of being grave
resultant force on Earth's surface
Afrikaans: swaartekrag (af)
Arabic: جَاذِبِيَّة f ( jāḏibiyya )
Egyptian Arabic: جاذبية f ( gazebeya )
Armenian: ձգողականություն (hy) ( jgoġakanutʻyun )
Basque: grabitazio
Belarusian: прыцяга́нне n ( prycjahánnje ) , прыцягне́нне n ( prycjahnjénnje ) , прыцяжэ́нне n ( prycjažénnje ) , гравіта́цыя f ( hravitácyja )
Bulgarian: притегляне (земно) n ( pritegljane (zemno) ) , гравита́ция f ( gravitácija )
Catalan: gravetat (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 重力 (zh) ( zhònglì )
Czech: gravitace (cs) f
Danish: gravitation c tyngdekraft c
Dutch: zwaartekracht (nl) f gravitatie (nl) f
Esperanto: gravito
Estonian: gravitatsioon
Finnish: painovoima (fi) , gravitaatio (fi)
French: gravité (fr) f pesanteur (fr) m
Galician: gravidade (gl) f
Georgian: გრავიტაცია ( graviṭacia ) , მიზიდულობის ძალა ( mizidulobis ʒala ) , მიზიდულობა ( miziduloba )
German: Erdanziehung f Gravitation (de) f
Greek: βαρύτητα (el) f ( varýtita )
Gujarati: ગુરુત્વાકર્ષણ ( gurutvākarṣaṇ )
Hebrew: כְּבִידָה (he)
Hindi: गुरुत्वाकर्षण (hi) m ( gurutvākarṣaṇ )
Hungarian: nehézségi erő (hu) , gravitáció (hu)
Icelandic: þyngdarafl (is) , aðdráttarafl (is)
Ido: gravito (io)
Indonesian: gaya tarik bumi (id)
Interlingua: gravitate
Inuktitut: ᐅᖁᒪᐃᓐᓂᖃᖅᑎᑦᑎᔪᖅ ( oqomainniqaqtittiyoq )
Irish: imtharraingt (ga) f
Italian: gravità (it) f
Japanese: 重力 (ja) ( じゅうりょく, jūryoku )
(deprecated template usage ) {{trans-mid }}Khmer: please add this translation if you can
Korean: 중력 (ko) ( jungnyeok ) (重力 (ko) )
Lao: please add this translation if you can
Latin: gravitās f
Latvian: gravitācija f
Lithuanian: gravitacija f
Luxembourgish: Gravitatioun f
Macedonian: тежа (земјина) f ( teža (zemjina) ) , гравитација f ( gravitacija )
Maori: tōāpapa
Mongolian: гравитаци (mn) ( gravitaci )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: tyngdekraft m or f
Nynorsk: tyngdekraft f
Persian: جاذبه (fa) ( jâzebe ) , گرانش (fa) ( gerâneš )
Polish: ciążenie n przyciąganie (pl) n ziemskie
Portuguese: gravidade (pt) f
Romanian: greutate (ro) f
Russian: (земное) притяже́ние (ru) n ( (zemnoje) pritjažénije ) , тяготе́ние (ru) n ( tjagoténije ) , гравита́ция (ru) ( gravitácija )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: гравита́ција f
Roman: gravitácija (sh) f
Slovak: gravitácia f
Slovene: težnost (sl) f gravitácija f
Spanish: gravedad (es) f
Swahili: graviti
Swedish: gravitation (sv) c tyngdkraft (sv) c
Tagalog: hilabigat
Thai: แรงโน้มถ่วง ( rɛɛng-nóom-tùuang ) , แรงดึงดูด ( rɛɛng-dʉng-dùut )
Turkish: kütle çekimi (tr)
Ukrainian: притяга́ння n ( prytjahánnja ) , тяжі́ння n ( tjažínnja ) , гравіта́ція f ( hravitácija )
Uzbek: gravitatsiya (uz)
Vietnamese: trọng lực (vi) (重力
West Frisian: swiertekrêft
gravitation, gravity force on two mass bodies
Afrikaans: swaartekrag (af)
Bulgarian: гравита́ция f ( gravitácija )
Catalan: gravetat (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 引力 (zh) ( yǐnlì )
Czech: gravitace (cs) f
Dutch: zwaartekracht (nl) f gravitatie (nl) f
Esperanto: gravito
Finnish: painovoima (fi) , gravitaatio (fi)
French: gravité (fr) f
German: Schwerkraft (de) f Gravitation (de) f
Greek: βαρύτητα (el) f ( varýtita )
Hungarian: gravitáció (hu) , tömegvonzás (hu)
Icelandic: aðdráttarafl (is)
Ido: gravitado (io)
Indonesian: gravitasi (id)
Interlingua: gravitation
Inuktitut: ᐅᖁᒪᐃᓐᓂᖃᖅᑎᑦᑎᔪᖅ ( oqomainniqaqtittiyoq )
Irish: imtharraingt (ga) f
Japanese: 引力 (ja) ( いんりょく, inryoku )
Korean: 인력 (ko) ( illyeok ) (引力 (ko) )
Latin gravitās f
(deprecated template usage ) {{trans-mid }}Latvian: gravitācija f
Luxembourgish: Gravitatioun f
Macedonian: тежа f ( teža ) , гравитација f ( gravitacija )
Malay: graviti
Maori: tōāpapa
Norwegian:
Bokmål: tyngdekraft m or f
Nynorsk: tyngdekraft f
Persian: گرانش (fa) ( gerâneš )
Polish: grawitacja (pl) f
Portuguese: gravitação (pt) f
Russian: тяготе́ние (ru) n ( tjagoténije ) , гравита́ция (ru) ( gravitácija ) , притяже́ние (ru) n ( pritjažénije )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: гравита́ција f
Roman: gravitácija (sh) f
Slovene: gravitácija f
Spanish: gravedad (es) f
Swedish: gravitation (sv) c tyngdkraft (sv) c
Thai: ความโน้มถ่วง ( kwaam-nóom-tùuang ) , แรงดึงดูด ( rɛɛng-dʉng-dùut )
Turkish: kütle çekimi (tr)
Vietnamese: lực hấp dẫn
Translations to be checked
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