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Look up: gravity

  1. gravity
    A mutual physical force attracting two bodies.
    Found on http://www.solarviews.com/eng/terms.htm

  2. gravity
    A mutual physical force attracting two bodies.
    Found on http://skyview.gsfc.nasa.gov/help/dictio

  3. Gravity
    Gravity is the force of attraction between two objects resulting from their mass.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  4. Gravity
    Gravity is a city in Taylor County Iowa, USA
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  5. gravity
    [Noun] A serious or solemn matter.
    Example: The workers understood the gravity of the situation when the company did not have enough money to pay their wages at the end of the month.
    Found on http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/glossary

  6. gravity
    [n] - (physics) the force of attraction between all masses in the universe 2. [n] - a solemn and dignified feeling
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  7. Gravity
    Force of attraction related to the mass of an object. As the earth has a very large mass bodies close to it are attracted to it.
    Found on http://www.anson.co.uk/oilfield_glossary

  8. Gravity
    The force of attraction between any two objects. The Earth is very big and so has a large gravity pulling everything down towards it.
    Found on http://www.longman.co.uk/tt_secsci/resou

  9. Gravity
    The force of attraction between two or more masses. This force is dependant on both the masses themselves as well as the distance between them. Being a force, gravity is strictly speaking measured in Newton's but is commonly measured in Kilogrammes.
    Found on http://www.delscope.demon.co.uk/astronom

  10. Gravity
    The force which pulls any two (or more) objects together. It is inversely proportional to the square of the distance of the objects, and is what keeps the planets, asteroids etc orbiting the Sun.
    Found on http://www.solarspace.co.uk/Glossary2.ph

  11. Gravity
    One of the forces of nature. It is an attractive force exerted between two or more particles all of which have mass.Discovered by Isaac Newton around 1690, who stated the law of gravity:'Every mass in the Universe attracts every other with a force proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to their distance of separation...
    Found on http://www.diracdelta.co.uk/science/sour

  12. gravity
    (Learning Modules / Mathematics / Gravity) The agency that brings about the attraction between all masses in the Universe.
    Found on http://www.makingthemodernworld.org.uk/l

  13. Gravity
    The force exerted on a body by the mass of the earth. It is equal to the 'weight' of the body in pounds. The speed of a falling body under the action of gravity depends in practice on its density; that is, on the relation between its weight and the area it presents to air resistance. In a vacuum, the rate of descent of any body increases at the rat...
    Found on http://www.aeroplanemonthly.com/glossary

  14. gravity
    The attraction that all bodies have for one another
    Found on http://www.fisicx.com/quickreference/sci

  15. Gravity
    a standard adopted by the American Petroleum Institute for measuring the density of a liquid. Gravity is expressed in degrees with lower numbers indicating heavier liquids and higher numbers indicating lighter liquids.
    Found on http://www.flowmeterdirectory.com/natura

  16. Gravity
    Definition (keystage 3) The force which attracts one mass to another; near the earth it is gravity which causes things to fall downwards (ie towards the centre of the earth) if they are not supported.
    Found on http://thesaurus.maths.org/mmkb/entry.ht

  17. Gravity
    Grav'i·ty noun ; plural Gravities . [ Latin gravitas , from gravis heavy; confer French gravité . See Grave , adjective , Grief .] 1. The state of having weight; beaviness; as, the gravity of lead. 2. Sobriety of character or demeanor. 'Men of gravity and learning.' Shak.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/G/54

  18. gravity
    Origin: L. Gravitas, fr. Gravis heavy; cf. F. Gravite. See Grave, Grief. ... 1. The state of having weight; beaviness; as, the gravity of lead. ... 2. Sobriety of character or demeanor. 'Men of gravity and learning.'< p. 648 needs proofing ##proof - especially italicized words (aso in etymologies) are not properly marked ... 3. Importance, signific ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  19. gravity
    noun a solemn and dignified feeling
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  20. gravity
    (grav´ĭ-te) the phenomenon by which two bodies having mass are attracted to each other. the gravitational attraction near a large body having mass, particularly near or on the surface of a planet or star. standard gravity(g) the acceleration due to gra...
    Found on http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns

  21. Gravity
    • (a.) Sobriety of character or demeanor. • (a.) The state of having weight; beaviness; as, the gravity of lead. • (a.) Lowness of tone; -- opposed to acuteness. • (a.) 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. • (a.)...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  22. gravity
    gravitational attraction of one mass for another. See gravitation.[28 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/g/61

  23. gravity
    gravity Not easy, but it's the law.
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  24. gravity
    The attraction toward the earth that makes any mass exert downward force or have weight. Strictly speaking, gravity is the algebraic sum of the gravitational attraction of the earth and the opposing centrifugal effect of the mass's rotation around the earth. Thus, gravitational attraction at the north and south poles is larger than at the equator. ...
    Found on

  25. Gravity
    Is the process where any body of mass found in the universe attracts other bodies with a force proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the distance that separates them. First proposed by Sir Issac Newton in 1686.
    Found on http://www.physicalgeography.net/physgeo


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23 November 2009

This day in history:
At sixteen minutes past five on 23rd November 1963, a British television institution was born. Doctor Who would go on to become the longest-running science-fiction programme in the world, eventually spawning twenty six seasons of adventures from 1963 to 1989. In total, eight actors have played the part of Gallifrey's most famous Time Lord. From the very first - William Hartnell in 1963 - to the very last - Paul McGann, in the 1996 TV Movie - the Doctor has wandered through time and space in his trusty time machine, an old type-40 TARDIS (Time and Relative Dimensions in Space). Although appearing to be nothing more than a battered blue police box, it is in fact vastly bigger on the inside than on the outside, and always departs with its familiar wheezing, groaning sound. read more

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