Gravity

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·adj Sobriety of character or demeanor.

II. Gravity ·adj Lowness of tone;

— opposed to acuteness.

III. Gravity ·adj The state of having weight; beaviness; as, the gravity of lead.

IV. Gravity ·adj Importance, significance, dignity, etc; hence, seriousness; enormity; as, the gravity of an Offense.

V. Gravity ·adj The tendency of a mass of matter toward a center of attraction; ·esp., the tendency of a body toward the center of the earth; terrestrial gravitation.

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