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/grˈævəti/ /grˈævɪti/ Listen

noun

Gravity n. (pl. gravities)

The state of having weight; beaviness; as, the gravity of lead.

Sobriety of character or demeanor. "Men of gravity and learning."

Importance, significance, dignity, etc; hence, seriousness; enormity; as, the gravity of an offense. "They derive an importance from... the gravity of the place where they were uttered."

(Physics) The tendency of a mass of matter toward a center of attraction; esp., the tendency of a body toward the center of the earth; terrestrial gravitation.

(Mus.) Lowness of tone; opposed to acuteness.

Center of gravity See under Center.

Gravity battery, See Battery, n., 4.

Specific gravity, the ratio of the weight of a body to the weight of an equal volume of some other body taken as the standard or unit. This standard is usually water for solids and liquids, and air for gases. Thus, 19, the specific gravity of gold, expresses the fact that, bulk for bulk, gold is nineteen times as heavy as water.

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... 'a-eh, Blowers?" he rejoins, enquiringly, maintaining great gravity of manner as he watches each ...

— Our World, or, The Slaveholders Daughter • F. Colburn Adams

... energetic rhythm, galvanize and electrify the torpor of indifference. The most noble traditional feelings of ancient Poland are embodied in them. The firm resolve and calm gravity of its men of other days, breathe through these compositions. Generally of a martial character, courage and daring are rendered with that simplicity of expression, said to be a distinctive trait of this warlike ...

— Life of Chopin • Franz Liszt

... Bonaparte received, more in the manner of a sovereign than of a brother in arms, the proposal of Murat. He heard him with unmoved gravity, said that he would consider the matter, but ...

— The Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte • Bourrienne, Constant, and Stewarton

... my dear young friend," rejoined Anna, with mock gravity, "that you don't know we have been sacrificed to the ...

— Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XIII, Nov. 28, 1891 • Various

... ironing-day, and our dinners were apt to be late upon ironing-days. I concluded that, if the soup were punctual, and not too hot, I could leave myself ten or perhaps fifteen unoccupied minutes before one o'clock. It strikes me as curious now, the gravity with which this thought underran the fever and pain and dread of ...

— Men, Women, and Ghosts • Elizabeth Stuart Phelps

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