[ˈɡravɪti], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the force that attracts a body towards the centre of the earth, or towards any other physical body having mass

- extreme importance; seriousness
(e.g: crimes of the utmost gravity)

- solemnity of manner
(e.g: has the poet ever spoken with greater eloquence or gravity?)


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Origin:
late 15th century (in gravity): from Old French, or from Latin gravitas ‘weight, seriousness’, from gravis ‘heavy’. gravity dates from the 17th century