Gravity

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]

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 Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  129 Moby Thesaurus words for "gravity":
     G, G suit, acuteness, adduction, affinity, allurement,
     apogeotropism, attractance, attraction, attractiveness,
     attractivity, augustness, avoirdupois, beef, beefiness, bleakness,
     buckram, capillarity, capillary attraction, centripetal force,
     ceremonial, ceremoniousness, ceremony, courtliness, darkness,
     deadweight, decorousness, demureness, dignifiedness, dignity,
     dismalness, drag, draw, dreariness, earnestness, elevation,
     exigency, extrinsicality, fatness, form, formality, formalization,
     geotropism, gloom, gloominess, grandeur, gravitation, graviton,
     grimness, gross weight, heaviness, heft, heftiness, immediacy,
     impersonality, importance, kingliness, liveweight, loftiness,
     long face, lordliness, magnetism, magnitude, majesty, mass,
     moderation, momentousness, mutual attraction, neat weight, net,
     net weight, no joke, no laughing matter, nobility, overbalance,
     overweight, pomp, pomposity, ponderability, ponderosity,
     ponderousness, poundage, pride of bearing, pride of place,
     primness, princeliness, proud bearing, pull, pulling power,
     regality, reserve, rigidness, ritual, rituality, sedateness,
     seriousness, severity, significance, sober-mindedness, soberness,
     sobersidedness, sobersides, sobriety, solemnity, solemnness,
     somberness, specific gravity, staidness, starchiness, stateliness,
     stiffness, stiltedness, straight face, stylization, sublimity,
     sympathy, temperance, thoughtfulness, tonnage, traction, tug,
     underweight, urgency, venerability, wearifulness, wearisomeness,
     weight, weightiness, worthiness
  
  

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 U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Gravity, IA -- U.S. city in Iowa
     Population (2000):    218
     Housing Units (2000): 103
     Land area (2000):     0.298808 sq. miles (0.773910 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    0.298808 sq. miles (0.773910 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            32520
     Located within:       Iowa (IA), FIPS 19
     Location:             40.759096 N, 94.744221 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     50848
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Gravity, IA
      Gravity