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gravs

gravs is the plural of grav.

Meaning of grav

Noun

grav (plural gravs)

  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. An anti-gravity device.
    • A starship thundered invisibly close overhead, its gravs at full lift-off power.1992, Bill Baldwin, The Defenders

Questions about gravs

What is gravs the plural of?
Gravs is the plural of grav.

Words near gravs in the dictionary

  1. gravogyro
  2. gravomagnetic
  3. Gravon
  4. gravothermal
  5. gravoturbulent
  6. gravs
  7. gravure
  8. gravure idol
  9. gravures
  10. gravy
  11. gravy boat

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