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surface gravity

surface gravity noun: the gravitational acceleration experienced at a planet's surface at the equator, including the effects of rotation.

Noun

surface gravity (countable and uncountable, plural surface gravities)

  1. the gravitational acceleration experienced at a planet's surface at the equator, including the effects of rotation.

Forms of surface gravity

pluralsurface gravities

Questions about surface gravity

What does surface gravity mean?
Surface gravity means the gravitational acceleration experienced at a planet's surface at the equator, including the effects of rotation.
What part of speech is surface gravity?
Surface gravity is a noun.
What is the plural of surface gravity?
The plural of surface gravity is surface gravities.

Words near surface gravity in the dictionary

  1. surface energy
  2. surface etymologies
  3. surface etymology
  4. surface finish
  5. surface finishes
  6. surface gravity
  7. surface integral
  8. surface integrals
  9. surface interval
  10. surface intervals
  11. surface layer

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