GRAV'ITY, n. L. gravitas, from gravis, heavy. See Grave.
1. Weight heaviness.
2. In philosophy, that force by which bodies tend or are pressed or drawn towards the center of the earth, or towards some other center, or the effect of that force in which last sense gravity is synonymous with weight.
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