gravity
What keeps grounded
Gravity is the force, not completely understood by science, which causes objects with mass to attract each other.
That is the most frequent use of the word, but gravity is also the verbal noun of the adjective grave (meaning extremely serious), so gravity also means that state or condition of being.
This use typically occurs in phrases such as the gravity of the situation.
Quantity of matter
- attractionPull toward something
- accelerationRate velocity changes
- NewtonFamous scientific surname
- EinsteinByword for genius
relativity · space-time · curvature · inertia · g-force · freefall · black hole · singularity
Serious, dignified quality
- earnestnessGenuine seriousness of intent
- sobrietyUnimpaired mental state
- dignityInnate personal worth
- sternnessUncompromising strictness of manner
somberness · graveness · urgency · importance · significance · weightiness · momentousness · profoundness
Secures ships to seabed
- rootedFirmly established in place
- foundationUnderlying support structure
- stabilityResistance to displacement
- solidityFirmness of structure
bedrock · terra firma · foothold · balance · centeredness · groundedness · equilibrium · weight
Enforced economic stringency
- formalityStrict observance of convention
- severityIntensity of sternness
- composureEmotional self-control
- reserveSupply kept back
stateliness · poise · decorum · bearing · countenance · measured · unsmiling · stoic
Orbiting celestial body
- trajectoryPath of moving object
- ellipticalOval-shaped or indirect
- KeplerPlanetary motion law formulator
- planetaryOf or relating to worlds
moon · solar system · aphelion · perihelion · geostationary · orbital decay · slingshot · tidal forces
Earth measurement science
- tectonicsStudy of crustal deformation
- seismologyStudy of ground tremors
- magnetismForce between poles
- volcanismSubterranean magma expulsion process
mantle · isostasy · geoid · tidal bulge · subsidence · gravimeter · plumb line
mass
Quantity of matter
- attractionPull toward something
- accelerationRate velocity changes
- NewtonFamous scientific surname
Einstein · relativity · space-time · curvature · inertia · g-force · freefall · black hole · singularity · general relativity
solemnity
Serious, dignified quality
- earnestnessGenuine seriousness of intent
- sobrietyUnimpaired mental state
- dignityInnate personal worth
sternness · somberness · graveness · urgency · importance · significance · weightiness · momentousness · profoundness · intensity
anchor
Secures ships to seabed
- rootedFirmly established in place
- foundationUnderlying support structure
- stabilityResistance to displacement
solidity · bedrock · terra firma · foothold · balance · centeredness · groundedness · equilibrium · weight · heaviness
austerity
Enforced economic stringency
- formalityStrict observance of convention
- severityIntensity of sternness
- composureEmotional self-control
reserve · stateliness · poise · decorum · bearing · countenance · measured · unsmiling · stoic · soberness
satellite
Orbiting celestial body
- trajectoryPath of moving object
- ellipticalOval-shaped or indirect
- KeplerPlanetary motion law formulator
planetary · moon · solar system · aphelion · perihelion · geostationary · orbital decay · slingshot · tidal forces · barycenter
geodesy
Earth measurement science
- tectonicsStudy of crustal deformation
- seismologyStudy of ground tremors
- magnetismForce between poles
volcanism · mantle · isostasy · geoid · tidal bulge · subsidence · gravimeter · plumb line
- Earthearth, Earth, globe, continent, axis
- physicsphysics, momentum, atom, acceleration, force
- sciencebiology, chemistry, physics, astronomy, geology
- game mechanicslevels, rules, cooldown, points, health points
- gravityescape velocity, gravimeter, weightlessness, gravimetry, zero-g
- Kids Physicsmagnets, electricity, force, friction, circuits
gravityantigravity
Force opposing downward pull
levitation · weightlessness · zero gravity · buoyancy · repulsion
gravitylevity
Lack of seriousness
frivolity · lightheartedness · playfulness · flippancy · unseriousness
gravitytriviality
Unimportant small matter
insignificance · unimportance · inconsequentiality · frivolousness · pettiness
- center of gravityEquilibrium point of mass
- zero gravityAbsence of apparent weight
- centres of gravityBalance points of mass
- gravitational pullAttractive force between masses
- defying gravityOvercoming downward force
- high gravity
gravitas, gravitate, gravitation, gravitating, gravitated, antigravity, gravid, gravities, gravitates