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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Gravity

	Gravity \Grav"i*ty\, n.; pl. Gravities. [L. gravitas, fr.
   gravis heavy; cf. F. gravit['e]. See Grave, a., Grief.]
   1. The state of having weight; beaviness; as, the gravity of
      lead.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Sobriety of character or demeanor. "Men of gravity and
      learning." --Shak.
      [1913 Webster]

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
Gravity

	gravity
     n 1: (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"; "the gravitation between two
          bodies is proportional to the product of their masses
          and inversely proportional to the square of the distance
          between them"; "gravitation cannot be held responsible
          for people falling in love"--Albert Einstein [syn: gravitation,
           gravitational attraction, gravitational force]
     2: a manner that is serious and solemn [syn: graveness, sobriety,
         soberness, somberness]
     3: a solemn and dignified feeling [syn: solemnity] [ant: levity]

Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
Gravity

	129 Moby Thesaurus words for "gravity":
   G, G suit, acuteness, adduction, affinity, allurement,
   apogeotropism, attractance, attraction, attractiveness,
   attractivity, augustness, avoirdupois, beef, beefiness, bleakness,
   buckram, capillarity, capillary attraction, centripetal force,
   ceremonial, ceremoniousness, ceremony, courtliness, darkness,
   deadweight, decorousness, demureness, dignifiedness, dignity,
   dismalness, drag, draw, dreariness, earnestness, elevation,
   exigency, extrinsicality, fatness, form, formality, formalization,
   geotropism, gloom, gloominess, grandeur, gravitation, graviton,
   grimness, gross weight, heaviness, heft, heftiness, immediacy,
   impersonality, importance, kingliness, liveweight, loftiness,
   long face, lordliness, magnetism, magnitude, majesty, mass,
   moderation, momentousness, mutual attraction, neat weight, net,
   net weight, no joke, no laughing matter, nobility, overbalance,
   overweight, pomp, pomposity, ponderability, ponderosity,
   ponderousness, poundage, pride of bearing, pride of place,
   primness, princeliness, proud bearing, pull, pulling power,
   regality, reserve, rigidness, ritual, rituality, sedateness,
   seriousness, severity, significance, sober-mindedness, soberness,
   sobersidedness, sobersides, sobriety, solemnity, solemnness,
   somberness, specific gravity, staidness, starchiness, stateliness,
   stiffness, stiltedness, straight face, stylization, sublimity,
   sympathy, temperance, thoughtfulness, tonnage, traction, tug,
   underweight, urgency, venerability, wearifulness, wearisomeness,
   weight, weightiness, worthiness

Source: U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
Gravity

	Gravity, IA (city, FIPS 32520)
  Location: 40.76013 N, 94.74278 W
  Population (1990): 218 (103 housing units)
  Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Zip code(s): 50848

Source: U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Gravity

	Gravity, IA -- U.S. city in Iowa
   Population (2000):    218
   Housing Units (2000): 103
   Land area (2000):     0.298808 sq. miles (0.773910 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    0.298808 sq. miles (0.773910 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            32520
   Located within:       Iowa (IA), FIPS 19
   Location:             40.759096 N, 94.744221 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     50848
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Gravity, IA
    Gravity

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