Explore Gravity through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like gravitation or sincerity. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Gravity meaning
- Senses relating to seriousness.
- Of an activity such as a ceremony, a person's conduct, etc.: the quality of being deeply serious and solemn, especially in a dignified manner; seriousness, solemnity; (countable, archaic or obsolete) a serious or solemn thing, such as a matter, a comment, etc.
Synonyms of Gravity
Using Gravity
- The main meaning on this page is: Senses relating to seriousness. | Of an activity such as a ceremony, a person's conduct, etc.: the quality of being deeply serious and solemn, especially in a dignified manner; seriousness, solemnity; (countable, archaic or obsolete) a serious or solemn thing, such as a matter, a comment, etc. | Senses relating to seriousness.
- Useful related words include: gravitation, sincerity, serious-mindedness, earnestness.
- In the example corpus, gravity often appears in combinations such as: the gravity, gravity of, of gravity.
Context around Gravity
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 13 start, 7 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Gravity
- In this selection, "gravity" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 27.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, quantum, zero, old, portion, current and may stand out and add context to how "gravity" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 1 500 gravity tons gt, a curved gravity type citation and quantum gravity. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "gravity" sits close to words such as identifying, intensity and marie, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with gravity
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
And of course, the film “Gravity” (2013) should instead have been named “Zero Gravity”. (14 words)
Our theories of gravity, and the force of gravity itself, don’t really care about time. (16 words)
This happens because the force of gravity is dependent on distance from the center of gravity. (16 words)
Loop quantum gravity Current research on loop quantum gravity may eventually play a fundamental role in a ToE, but that is not its primary aim. citation Also loop quantum gravity introduces a lower bound on the possible length scales. (39 words)
A Culture orbital rotates about once every 24 hours and has gravity-like effect about the same as the gravity of Earth, making the diameter of the ring about convert, and ensuring that the inhabitants experience night and day. (39 words)
A quantum theory of gravity is needed in order to reconcile general relativity with the principles of quantum mechanics, but difficulties arise when one attempts to apply the usual prescriptions of quantum theory to the force of gravity. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
I did the gravity portion, where there’s a little less skill involved, a little more just let gravity do what gravity does.
Loop quantum gravity Current research on loop quantum gravity may eventually play a fundamental role in a ToE, but that is not its primary aim. citation Also loop quantum gravity introduces a lower bound on the possible length scales.
Loop quantum gravity main Simple spin network of the type used in loop quantum gravity Loop quantum gravity seriously considers general relativity's insight that spacetime is a dynamical field and is therefore a quantum object.
The first person to add a fifth dimension to a theory of gravity was Gunnar Nordström in 1914, who noted that gravity in five dimensions describes both gravity and electromagnetism in four.
Our theories of gravity, and the force of gravity itself, don’t really care about time.
The zero gravity elements that occur near the end of the game, along with gravity beacons that function like Zarya's Graviton Surge, add variation that hasn't been seen before.
Orthostatic hypotension happens in astronauts because gravity pulls blood downward when their bodies have been in low gravity, thus causing a shock-like impact on their system.
When you are 45 years old, gravity is now about 50% stronger than when you were 30. And when you are 60 years old, gravity is twice as strong.
And of course, the film “Gravity” (2013) should instead have been named “Zero Gravity”.
But in zero gravity, hot air doesn't move upwards due to the lack of gravity, giving fires a spherical or dome shape.
Height is distance measured along the direction that gravity points, and the strength and direction of gravity’s pull vary according to the density of what is beneath the terrain and near it.
This happens because the force of gravity is dependent on distance from the center of gravity.
Just charge the artificial gravity plating and modulate the field to offset the pull of the planet's regular gravity.
Newton’s Law of gravitation, Gravity potential and gravity fields due to bodies of different geometric shapes.
The team accomplished this with a gravity offload system — a motorised lanyard attached to the top of the helicopter to provide an uninterrupted tug equivalent to two-thirds of Earth’s gravity.
The Chinese centrifuges are designed to each have a capacity of at least 1,500 gravity tons (gt) – 1,500 times the gravity on earth.
A Culture orbital rotates about once every 24 hours and has gravity-like effect about the same as the gravity of Earth, making the diameter of the ring about convert, and ensuring that the inhabitants experience night and day.
Another popular theory is Loop quantum gravity (LQG), a theory first proposed by Carlo Rovelli that describes the quantum properties of gravity.
A quantum theory of gravity is needed in order to reconcile general relativity with the principles of quantum mechanics, but difficulties arise when one attempts to apply the usual prescriptions of quantum theory to the force of gravity.
As that dam was a curved-gravity type, citation similar in design to the arch-gravity as was proposed for the Black Canyon dam, opponents claimed that the Black Canyon dam's safety could not be guaranteed.
Phrases with gravity
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with gravity
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the gravity 49×
- gravity of 40×
- of gravity 34×
- gravity and 14×
- quantum gravity 13×
- gravity is 9×
- and gravity 7×
- specific gravity 7×
- with gravity 5×
- gravity the 5×