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Uranus, for instance, has an orbital velocity of four miles a second, and his gravity is about three-fourths that of the earth.

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  1. noun Physics The natural force of attraction exerted by a celestial body, such as Earth, upon objects at or near its surface, tending to draw them toward the center of the body.
  2. noun Physics The natural force of attraction between any two massive bodies, which is directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them.
  3. noun Physics Gravitation.
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  • The air is thicker, and there's much more wind; the gravity is a little stronger, so everything's heavier. —  Shining Steel
  • Its self-gravity is such that it can be lumpy and bumpy and as the gravity of the entire asteroid pulls all the pieces together, it's not strong enough to smooth everything into a nice, round, sphere. —  Universe Today
  • This orbit-ship was much larger than Roger Hunter's; the gravity was almost Mars-normal, and it was comforting just to stretch and relax their cramped muscles As long as they didn't think of what was ahead Finally Johnny grinned and slapped Greg's shoulder. —  Gold in the Sky
  • It resides in the incongruity of speech and behaviour with the surrounding circumstances I remember once seeing two tramps disputing by the roadside, with the gravity which is given to human beings by being slightly overcome with drink. —  Joyous Gard
  • The attraction of gravity, which is wholly independent of light, is a proof quite as certain and satisfactory to the astronomer. —  Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith Being an Examination of the Evidences of Infidelity
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  1. French gravité, heaviness, from Old French, from Latin gravitās, from gravis, heavy; see gwerə-1 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. = German gravität = Danish Swedish gravitet, from French gravité = Spanish gravidad, gravedad = Portuguese gravidade = Italian gravità, from Latin gravita(t-)s, weight, heaviness, pressure, from gravis, heavy: see grave.
 

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