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grav·ity (gravi tē)

noun pl. gravities -·ties

  1. the state or condition of being grave; esp.,
    1. solemnity or sedateness of manner or character; earnestness
    2. danger or threat; ominous quality the gravity of his illness
    3. seriousness, as of a situation
  2. weight; heaviness
  3. lowness of musical pitch
  4. gravitation, esp. terrestrial gravitation; force that tends to draw all bodies in the earth's sphere toward the center of the earth

Etymology: L gravitas, weight, heaviness < gravis, heavy: see grave

adjective

operated by the force of gravity

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