Gravity vs X - What's the difference?
gravity | x |
Resultant force on Earth's surface, of the attraction by the Earth's masses, and the centrifugal pseudo-force caused by the Earth's rotation.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author=David Simpson
, volume=188, issue=26, page=36, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly)
, title= Gravitation, universal force exercised by two bodies onto each other
(In casual discussion, gravity and gravitation are often used interchangeably).
* {{quote-magazine, date=2012-01, author=Michael Riordan, volume=100, issue=1, page=86
, magazine=(American Scientist)
, title= The state or condition of having weight; weight; heaviness.
Specific gravity.
The state or condition of being grave (graveness).
The twenty-fourth letter of the .
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Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur
Roman numerals
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As a noun gravity
is resultant force on earth's surface, of the attraction by the earth's masses, and the centrifugal pseudo-force caused by the earth's rotation.As a letter x is
the twenty-fourth letter of the.As a symbol x is
voiceless velar fricative.gravity
English
(wikipedia gravity)Noun
Fantasy of navigation, passage=It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]: perhaps out of a desire to escape the gravity of this world or to get a preview of the next; […].}}
(In casual discussion, gravity and gravitation are often used interchangeably).
Tackling Infinity, passage=Some of the most beautiful and thus appealing physical theories, including quantum electrodynamics and quantum gravity , have been dogged for decades by infinities that erupt when theorists try to prod their calculations into new domains. Getting rid of these nagging infinities has probably occupied far more effort than was spent in originating the theories.}}