The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Gravity \Grav"i*ty\, n.; pl. Gravities. [L. gravitas, fr.
gravis heavy; cf. F. gravit['e]. See Grave, a., Grief.]
1. The state of having weight; beaviness; as, the gravity of
lead.
[1913 Webster]
2. Sobriety of character or demeanor. "Men of gravity and
learning." --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
129 Moby Thesaurus words for "gravity":
G, G suit, acuteness, adduction, affinity, allurement,
apogeotropism, attractance, attraction, attractiveness,
attractivity, augustness, avoirdupois, beef, beefiness, bleakness,
buckram, capillarity, capillary attraction, centripetal force,
ceremonial, ceremoniousness, ceremony, courtliness, darkness,
deadweight, decorousness, demureness, dignifiedness, dignity,
dismalness, drag, draw, dreariness, earnestness, elevation,
exigency, extrinsicality, fatness, form, formality, formalization,
geotropism, gloom, gloominess, grandeur, gravitation, graviton,
grimness, gross weight, heaviness, heft, heftiness, immediacy,
impersonality, importance, kingliness, liveweight, loftiness,
long face, lordliness, magnetism, magnitude, majesty, mass,
moderation, momentousness, mutual attraction, neat weight, net,
net weight, no joke, no laughing matter, nobility, overbalance,
overweight, pomp, pomposity, ponderability, ponderosity,
ponderousness, poundage, pride of bearing, pride of place,
primness, princeliness, proud bearing, pull, pulling power,
regality, reserve, rigidness, ritual, rituality, sedateness,
seriousness, severity, significance, sober-mindedness, soberness,
sobersidedness, sobersides, sobriety, solemnity, solemnness,
somberness, specific gravity, staidness, starchiness, stateliness,
stiffness, stiltedness, straight face, stylization, sublimity,
sympathy, temperance, thoughtfulness, tonnage, traction, tug,
underweight, urgency, venerability, wearifulness, wearisomeness,
weight, weightiness, worthiness
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Gravity, IA -- U.S. city in Iowa
Population (2000): 218
Housing Units (2000): 103
Land area (2000): 0.298808 sq. miles (0.773910 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.298808 sq. miles (0.773910 sq. km)
FIPS code: 32520
Located within: Iowa (IA), FIPS 19
Location: 40.759096 N, 94.744221 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 50848
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Gravity, IA
Gravity