noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
centre of gravity
specific gravity
the Earth’s gravity
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the continual pull of the Earth’s gravity on the Moon.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
low
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Venus could lack such an inner core because of the lower central pressures corresponding to its lower gravity .
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Warmth, low gravity and the security of being held creates a feeling of release and overall relaxation.
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If it has a fairly low speed, gravity will eventually stop the rocket and it will start falling back.
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Does the low gravity make it easier to travel light?
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This system also permits a very low centre of gravity for the total fin profile.
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Children grow fast in this low gravity .
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Because of the low gravity of the Moon the uncompressed density will not be much less.
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Burkett was rather small, rather bow-legged, a low centre of gravity .
specific
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The specific gravity is measured by Archimedes' principle.
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Haulm destruction is carried out to stop the specific gravity from getting too high.
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A minor, but important constituent of many sandstones are the heavy minerals, with a specific gravity in excess of 2.9.
strong
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But to find out what happens in strong gravity .
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But it is not as strong as gravity on the Earth - because the Moon is smaller and lighter.
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The clocks work normally - perfectly normally, whether they're accelerating or in strong gravity .
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The closer in you get, the stronger the gravity .
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In very strong gravity ... light ... in fact, everything ... absolutely everything ... What a thought.
■ NOUN
anomaly
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When corrections are made to take account of these differences in crustal density the magnitude of gravity anomalies is significantly reduced.
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The data are reduced using standard procedures to produce Bouguer gravity anomalies to an overall accuracy of 1 m Gal.
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Correction for altitude alone gives the free-air gravity anomaly .
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Initial indications are that the basic rocks responsible for the gravity anomaly are more extensive than originally mapped.
field
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It seemed to geophysicists that the continents should shape the gravity field in some way.
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In effect, the debris is captured and contained locally by the Martian gravity field .
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But the lunar gravity field was then so poorly mapped that the chances of achieving a successful preprogrammed landing were very small.
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For example, the gravity field on the lunar surface is about one seventh as strong as on Earth.
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We should also recall that asteroids have very weak gravity fields .
quantum
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This, however, is difficult to determine in the case of quantum gravity , for two reasons.
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In October 1981, I went to Moscow for a conference on quantum gravity .
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We do not yet know the exact form the correct theory of quantum gravity will take.
surface
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This is clearly a result of the higher surface gravity on Mercury, a little over double that on the Moon.
■ VERB
defy
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Flares feature highly in the line up, as do dizzy platform shoes that defy gravity .
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Clinging to the hillside amid scenic splendour, these houses sternly defy gravity by not tumbling down to the sea below.
use
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The alternative is to use the effects of gravity , the dart losing height as it flies.
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At home, she has learned to use gravity to help fold laundry.
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This spectacular technique uses gravity to enhance the force of the kick.
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This is done using washing and gravity separation.
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Another version of this exercise uses gravity to work against your splayed legs.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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I don't think you quite understand the gravity of the situation.
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Mars' gravity is only about 38% of Earth's.
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They speak with passion and gravity .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Generally, different theories are used to explain widely different phenomena, from the forces in the atom to gravity .
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In free fall, only the force of gravity is acting so the body is not in compression.
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In the quantum theory of gravity , on the other hand, a third possibility arises.
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Stepping high in the light gravity and brandishing the bag before her, she ploughed her way out into the open air.
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They'd fly right across the tube, riding the gravity gradients, making it look easy.
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This is because the center of gravity of the hammer is in the iron part.
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This pressure is maintained by means of water towers and gravity , or by booster pumping stations.