grav
grav noun: a unit of force or acceleration equal to the standard acceleration of free fall.
Noun
grav (plural gravs)
- A unit of force or acceleration equal to the standard acceleration of free fall.
- My heart was pounding as it pumped blood to my brain — no small job, considering my height and the gravs.1968, Fritz Leiber, A specter is haunting Texas
- Proceed at a speed of four light years after accelerating thirteen gravs per millisecond.”2009, Jack Davis, Will Elder, Al Jaffee, Humbug, →ISBN, page 32
- An artificial gravity generator.
- Since there is no such thing as top or bottom in space, the ship's artificial gravs hold you to the floor no matter which end of the vessel points which way.1950, Nelson Bond, Lancelot Biggs: Spaceman, →ISBN, page 76
- ... We will be going to low-gravity just before jump. Passengers should be firmly strapped in at this time." "Good," murmured Muerotte. "Cutting gravs...brace yourself.2007, L. E. Modesitt, Jr., The Ecolitan Enigma, →ISBN
- An anti-gravity device.
- A starship thundered invisibly close overhead, its gravs at full lift-off power.1992, Bill Baldwin, The Defenders
- The orbot was a speck, a clot, a ball, a toy. It was gliding silently in on gravs, directly overhead.1992, Gardner Dozois, Geodesic Dreams: The Best Short Fiction Of Gardner Dozois, →ISBN, page 83
Examples of grav in a sentence
- Trystin shut down the ventilation system and shifted the last of the power for gravs into the thrusters.2010, L. E. Modesitt, Jr., The Parafaith War, →ISBN:
- Air cars include any vehicle which are grav powered and are capable of flying, but unlike aeroplanes they handle similar to normal ground cars.2008, Martin Rait, FSpace Roleplaying Conspiracy Convention Skills Guide v1.1, →ISBN, page 7:
- I set things up for the grav sled support and the Averonian operation.2011, R Richard, Second Chance King of Avuls, →ISBN, page 7:
- With the gravs, I can land in ten seconds and be cutting a door for you at the same time.2011, J. E. Murphy, Sanctuary, →ISBN, page 317:
Forms of grav
| plural | gravs |
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Words formed from grav
Questions about grav
- What does grav mean?
- Grav means a unit of force or acceleration equal to the standard acceleration of free fall.
- How do you use grav in a sentence?
- Trystin shut down the ventilation system and shifted the last of the power for gravs into the thrusters.
- What part of speech is grav?
- Grav is a noun.
- What is the plural of grav?
- The plural of grav is gravs.
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