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引力 — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • earnest adj Serious and sincere in intention or feeling.
  • graveness noun The quality of being serious or solemn.
  • gravitation noun The natural force that pulls objects with mass toward each other, such as the pull that keeps planets in orbit.
  • gravity noun The force that pulls objects toward the center of the earth, or more generally, that pulls masses toward each other.
  • seriousness noun The quality of being serious, grave, or important.
  • severity noun The quality of being harsh, strict, or extreme.

Senses

引力 is used for these senses in English:

  • earnest Gravity; serious purpose; earnestness.
  • graveness The state of being grave; gravity
  • gravitation (physics) The fundamental force of attraction that exists between all matter in the universe, caused by the curvature of spacetime caused by matter. It is the weakest of the four fundamental interactions, and possesses a gauge boson known as the graviton.
  • gravitational force (physics) A very long-range, but relatively weak fundamental force of attraction that acts between all particles that have mass; believed to be mediated by gravitons.
  • gravity (physics) The phenomenon that, on earth, objects have weight; the similar phenomenon on other celestial bodies such as the moon.
  • seriousness The state or quality of being serious.
  • severity The degree of something undesirable; badness or seriousness.

earnest — full definition

  1. adj Serious and sincere in intention or feeling.
  2. noun A sum of money paid in advance as a pledge or guarantee that a larger deal will go ahead.
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