gravity
English
/ˈɡɹævɪti/
noun
Definitions
- 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 Specific gravity.
Etymology
Root from Proto-Indo-European *gʷreh₂- (heavy, strong).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*gʷreh₂-
Gloss
heavy, strong
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
強
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aerogravity English
- aggravate English
- anti-gravity English
- antigravitation English
- antigraviton English
- autogravitation English
- bariatric English
- baric English
- barium English
- barometer English
- bigravity English
- brutality English
- brutish English
- contragravity English
- dam English
- degravitation English
- electrogravitic English
- graveness English
- gravidly English
- gravimeter English
- gravimetric English
- gravimetry English
- gravital English
- gravitation English
- gravitational English
- gravitic English
- graviton English
- gravitonic English
- gravity dam English
- gravity knife English
- gravityless English
- gravitylessness English
- hyperbaric English
- hypergravity English
- hypogravity English
- infragravity English
- isobar English
- isobaric English
- isogravity English
- knife English
- magnetogravitic English
- microgravity English
- milligravity English
- multigravid English
- multigraviton English
- normogravity English
- paragravity English
- supergravitation English
- supergraviton English
- supergravity English
- ungravity English
- brūtus Latin
- gravare Latin
- gravida Latin
- gravidus Latin
- gravis Latin
- gravitas Latin
- gravitas, gravitās, gravitātem Latin
- gravitatem, gravitas Latin
- gravito, gravitatus Latin
- gravitās Latin
- gravitātiō Latin
- gravo Latin
- gravo, gravō, gravāre Latin
- gravō Latin
- briga Italian
- brigade French
- brigadier French
- gravité French
- microgravité French
- βάρος Ancient Greek
- βαρύτης Ancient Greek
- *gʷreh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷrih₂-g- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷréh₂us Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷréh₂wō Proto-Indo-European
- *ud- Proto-Indo-European
- गुरु Sanskrit
- grievance Old French
- gravitate Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- graviti Malay
- Gravitéit Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- aggravation Middle French
- dam
- knife
- baric
- isobar
- barium
- brutish
- isobaric
- gravital
- graviton
- gravidly
- gravitic
- ungravity
- aggravate
- barometer
- bariatric
- brutality
- graveness
- bigravity
- gravitonic
- gravimeter
- gravimetry
- isogravity
- hyperbaric
- multigravid
- gravimetric
- paragravity
- gravity dam
- gravitation
- gravityless
- hypogravity
- aerogravity
- milligravity
- anti-gravity
- hypergravity
- infragravity
- normogravity
- antigraviton
- supergravity
- microgravity
- multigraviton
- gravitational
- supergraviton
- gravity knife
- contragravity
- degravitation
- gravitylessness
- magnetogravitic
- electrogravitic
- autogravitation
- antigravitation
- supergravitation