gravity
Other forms: gravities
In physics, gravity is the natural force that causes things to fall toward the earth. The noun gravity can also mean seriousness or solemnity.
Someone who conducts themselves with an air of gravity is someone who takes what they are doing seriously. You might be amused to see a three year old serving her dolls tea with an air of gravity appropriate to the Queen of England. Gravity was borrowed through French from Latin gravitās, from gravis "heavy."
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(physics) the force of attraction between all masses in the universe; especially the attraction of the earth's mass for bodies near its surface“the more remote the body the less the gravity”synonyms: gravitation, gravitational attraction, gravitational forcetypes:solar gravitythe gravity of the suntype of:
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alarming importance or seriousnesstype of:importancethe quality of being important and worthy of note
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a manner that is serious and solemnsynonyms: graveness, soberness, sobriety, somberness, sombreness
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a solemn and dignified feeling
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