gravity noun [U] (SERIOUS)
I don't think you understand the gravity of the situation.
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Meaning of gravity in English
(Definition of gravity from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
(Definition of gravity from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Examples of gravity
gravity
The gravities vary owing, it may be, to variations of temperature, and so forth, and it would be exceedingly difficult to give the information.
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We all know that the whole question of gravities is an extraordinarily difficult and complicated one.
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He said he had received assurances from the brewers and did not anticipate either reduced gravities or increased prices.
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The increased supplies will be obtained by reducing the average gravities of the beer and not by increasing supplies of raw materials.
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If the increase in taxation is not large enough for that the brewers can nullify it by reducing gravities.
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He then claimed that these gravities appeared on the label.
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Are they entitled to declare the original gravities, or are they not?
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The average prices given relate to a variety of beers in differing proportions and make no allowance for variations in the original specific gravities of the same beers.
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We do not intend that unmarked weights of different gravities should be placed in the pan of the scales as a way for regulating our trade.
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Gravities have been constant for some time.
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There is no gravity effect but the figure is not symmetric.
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The second solution is to let gravity naturally pull link 2 down and back into the principal value region of the arctan function.
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Therefore, there will be only insignificant forces of friction, gravity, and dynamic force acting on the system.
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Neglecting the friction, the rotation of the yo-yo during the free motion is constant, but the translational motion is changing due to the gravity.
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Proposals to encourage reports from members had stimulated those papers on pneumatics, spring, gravity, and magnetism we have already documented.
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Collocations with gravity
gravity
These are words often used in combination with gravity.
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artificial gravity
In some science-fiction universes, artificial gravity wells may be used to force another vessel to drop out of hyperspace.
effect of gravity
This is also caused by the effect of gravity at the instant when the brake is released.
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extreme gravity
It is lamentable that neither party appears to realise the extreme gravity of the world position.
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重力, 深刻さ, 重大さ…
yer çekimi, ağırlık, ciddiyet…
gravité [feminine], pesanteur [feminine], gravité…
gravetat, seriositat…
ernst, zwaartekracht…
alvor, tyngde, tyngdekraft…
allvar, tyngdkraft…
keseriusan, graviti…
der Ernst, die Schwerkraft…
gravitasjon [masculine], alvor [neuter], alvor…
серйозність, сила тяжіння…
сила тяжести, серьезность, тяжесть…
جاذبِيّة, خُطورة…
vážnost, závažnost, gravitace…
berat, gravitasi…
ความรุนแรง, แรงดึงดูดของโลก…
tính quan trọng, trọng lực…
ciążenie, grawitacja, powaga…
중력, 심각성…
forza di gravità, gravità…
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