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gravity

[grav-i-tee] / ˈgræv ɪ ti /
NOUN
force of attraction
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"Water moves gradually through this network, largely by gravity, meaning some communities receive refreshed treated water sooner than others," said Wilson.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

In 1935, while studying the behavior of particles in regions of extreme gravity, Einstein and Rosen introduced what they called a “bridge”: a mathematical link between two perfectly symmetrical copies of spacetime.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2026

"Nobody expected something of this gravity to take place," she tells the BBC.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

It was not intended as a passage for travel, but as a way to maintain consistency between gravity and quantum physics.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2026

Ironically, though, while Newton was distracted from following up his ideas about gravity, in 1674 Hooke had struck to the heart of the problem of orbital motion.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin




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