Schwerkraft — meaning in English
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English meaning
- 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.
Senses
Schwerkraft is used for these senses in English:
- 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 (loosely, see usage notes) Gravitation, the universal force exercised by two bodies on each other by virtue of their masses.
- gravity (physics) A law or laws of gravitation: any theory which attempts to account for the phenomena of weight and/or the mutual attraction of massive objects (Aristotelian gravity, Newtonian gravity).
gravity — full definition
- noun The force that pulls objects toward the center of the earth, or more generally, that pulls masses toward each other.
- noun Seriousness or importance, especially of a situation.