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gravitics

gravitics noun: the fictional science of studying and controlling gravity.

Noun

gravitics (uncountable)

  1. The fictional science of studying and controlling gravity.
    • I scan the Imperial Journal of Physics and the Borshallan Physics Review every day. Nobody's doing comparable work. They're all concerned with gravitics and field dynamics.2014 October, Don Sakers, Children of the Eighth Day, Linthicum, M.D.: Speed-of-C Productions, →ISBN, page 186
  2. Devices able to control gravity or gravitational waves, considered collectively.
    • I'll adjust the computer to our assigned radio beam and it can use the gravitics to mimic conventional flight.1982, Isaac Asimov, Foundation's Edge, London; […]: Grafton Books, →ISBN, page 213

Origin of gravitics

From gravity + -ics.

Questions about gravitics

What does gravitics mean?
Gravitics means the fictional science of studying and controlling gravity.
What part of speech is gravitics?
Gravitics is a noun.

Words near gravitics in the dictionary

  1. gravitaxic
  2. gravitaxis
  3. gravithermal
  4. gravitic
  5. gravitically
  6. gravitics
  7. gravitied
  8. gravities
  9. gravitino
  10. gravitinoless
  11. gravitinos

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