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  • 1Gravity (disambiguation) — Gravity is gravitation, the mass proportionate force of attraction among matter.Gravity may also refer to: * Density: ** Gravity (beer) ** Gravity (chemistry) * Focal mechanism in gravity model of trade * Gravity (social science methodology)… …

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  • 2Gravity — 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… …

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  • 3Gravity battery — 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… …

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  • 4gravity — I noun attraction, attractiveness, concern, consideration, draw, enormity, greatness, heaviness, heft, import, importance, interest, magnetism, magnitude, materiality, momentousness, ponderosity, ponderousness, pull, pulling power, severity,… …

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  • 5Gravity Max — Données clés Localisation Discovery World,  Taiwan !Taïwan Ouverture 2002 Constructeur …

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  • 6gravity — [n1] force of attraction force, heaviness, pressure, weight; concept 641 Ant. weightedness gravity [n2] seriousness, importance acuteness, concern, consequence, exigency, hazardousness, momentousness, perilousness, severity, significance,… …

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  • 7gravity — The attraction toward the earth that makes any mass exert downward force or have weight. Strictly speaking, g. is the algebraic sum of the gravitational attraction of the earth and the opposing centrifugal effect of the mass s rotation around the …

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  • 8Gravity turn — A gravity turn or zero lift turn is a maneuver (see trajectory optimization) used in launching a spacecraft into, or descending from, an orbit around a celestial body such as a planet or a moon. This launch trajectory offers two main advantages… …

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  • 9gravity — /grav i tee/, n., pl. gravities. 1. the force of attraction by which terrestrial bodies tend to fall toward the center of the earth. 2. heaviness or weight. 3. gravitation in general. 4. See acceleration of gravity. 5. a unit of acceleration… …

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  • 10Gravity Research Foundation — The Gravity Research Foundation, established in 1948 by businessman Roger Babson (founder of Babson College), [ Sir Isaac Babson (1948, August, 23). Newsweek , 32(8), p. 47.] was an organization designed to find ways to implement gravitational… …

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