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gravity

Roget category 319

3. Words relating to matter
3.1. Matter in general
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#319. Gravity

noun

gravity, gravitationweightheaviness etc. adj. — specific gravitypondorosity, pressure, loadburden, burthenballast, counterpoiselump of, mass of, weight of.
lead, millstone, mountain, Ossa on Pelion.
weighing, ponderation, trutinationweights avoirdupois weight, troy weight, apothecaries' weightgrain, scruple, drachma, ounce, pound, lb, arroba, load, stone, hundredweight, cwt, ton, long ton, metric ton, quintal, carat, pennyweight, tod.
[metric weights] gram, centigram, milligram, microgram, kilogramnanogram, picogram, femtogram, attogram.
[Weighing Instrument] balance, scale, scales, steelyard, beam, weighbridgespring balance, piezoelectric balance, analytical balance, two-pan balance, one-pan balancepostal scale, baby scale.
[Science of gravity] statics.

verb

be heavy etc. adj. — gravitate, weigh, press, cumber, load.
[Measure the weight of] weigh, poise.

adjective

weightyweighing etc. v. — heavy as leadponderous, ponderablelumpish, lumpy, cumbersome, burdensomecumbrous, unwieldy, massive.
incumbent, superincumbent.

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