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gravity

/grav-i-tee/US // ˈgræv ɪ ti //UK // (ˈɡrævɪtɪ) //

重力,万有引力,重心,严重性

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural grav·i·ties.

    • : the force of attraction by which terrestrial bodies tend to fall toward the center of the earth.
    • : heaviness or weight.
    • : gravitation in general.
    • : acceleration of gravity.
    • : a unit of acceleration equal to the acceleration of gravity. Symbol: g
    • : serious or critical nature: He seemed to ignore the gravity of his illness.
    • : serious or dignified behavior; dignity; solemnity: to preserve one's gravity in the midst of chaos.
    • : lowness in pitch, as of sounds.

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Examples

  • The findings, published in Science last week, provide the first concrete evidence that stars' gravities can carve bizarre and fantastic shapes in planet-forming disks, providing new insight into how planets are born in bizarre orbits.

  • For example, physics icon Isaac Newton was wrong about gravity.

  • The force we experience as gravity actually results from the curving of spacetime.

  • In Einstein’s theory of general relativity, you think of the graviton as a massless particle, and so the force of gravity also has an infinite range.

  • The more stars the cluster loses, the less gravity it has to hold on to its remaining members.

  • So not only will the GOP have control in the Senate, it will move the center of gravity on Capitol Hill hard to starboard.

  • In the spring of 1933, few perceived Nazism with the gravity he did.

  • The powerful forces of gravity and magnetism channel matter into huge flattened spinning platters known as accretion disks.

  • Landing on any other world is hard, but Comet 67P is especially challenging, even apart from the low gravity.

  • You also seem to be fond of the way the film treated gravity—as opposed to your reservations about the film Gravity.

  • The specific gravity is most conveniently estimated by means of the urinometer—Squibb's is preferable (Fig. 14).

  • One frequently wishes to ascertain the specific gravity of quantities of fluid too small to float an urinometer.

  • She would never forget it; but realizing its gravity, she decided thereupon never to tell it—the dream—to anybody.

  • Gordon, however, had never been a lover, and if Bernard noted Angela's gravity it was not because he felt jealous.

  • The specific gravity method is very useful when special instruments are not at hand.