Part 4957

<h1>Gravigrade</h1> <Xpage=<-- p. 647 this page badly done>

<hw>Grav"i*grade</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. gravis heavy + gradus step.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Slow-paced.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>One of the pachyderms</def>.</def2>

<h1>Gravimeter</h1> <Xpage=<-- p. 647 this page badly done>

<hw>Gra*vim"e*ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>gravis</ets> heavy + <ets>-meter</ets>: cf. F. <ets>gravim\'8atre</ets>.]</ety> <def>(Physics) An instrument for ascertaining the specific gravity of bodies.</def>

<h1>Gravimetric</h1> <Xpage=<-- p. 647 this page badly done>

<hw>Grav"i*met"ric</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to measurement by weight; measured by weight.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Grav"i*met"ric*al*ly</wf> <tt>(#)</tt>, adv.</wordforms>

<cs><col>Gravimetric analysis</col> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>, <cd>analysis in which the amounts of the coastituents are determined by weight; -- in distinction from <cref>volumetric analysis</cref>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Graving</h1> <Xpage=<-- p. 647 this page badly done>

<hw>Grav"ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From Grave to clean.]</ety> <def>The act of cleaning a ship's bottom.</def>

<cs><col>Graving dock</col>. <cd>(Naut.) See under Dock.</cd></cs>

<h1>Graving</h1> <Xpage=<-- p. 647 this page badly done>

<hw>Grav"ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From Grave to dig.]</ety> <p><b>l.</b> <def>The act or art of carving figures in hard substances, esp. by incision or in intaglio.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which is graved or carved.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>Skillful to . . . <b>grave</b> any manner of <b>graving</b>. <i>2 Chron. ii. 14.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Impression, as upon the mind or heart.</def>

<blockquote>New <b>gravings</b> upon their souls. <i>Eikon Basilike</i></blockquote>

<h1>Gravitate</h1> <Xpage=<-- p. 647 this page badly done>

<hw>Grav"i*tate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Gravitated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Gravitating</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>graviter.</ets> See <er>Gravity.</er>]</ety> <def>To obey the law of gravitation; to exert a force Or pressure, or tend to move, under the influence of gravitation; to tend in any direction or toward any object.</def>

<blockquote>Why does this apple fall to the ground? Because all bodies <b>gravitate</b> toward each other. <i>Sir W. Hamilton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Politicians who naturally <b>gravitate</b> towards the stronger party. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Gravitation</h1> <Xpage=<-- p. 647 this page badly done>

<hw>Grav"i*ta"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. gravitation. See Gravity.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of gravitating.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>(Pysics) That species of attraction or force by which all bodies or particles of matter in the universe tend toward each other; called also <altname>attraction of gravitation</altname>, <altname>universal gravitation</altname>, and <altname>universal gravity</altname>. See <er>Attraction</er>, and <er>Weight.</er></def>

<cs><col>Law of gravitatian</col>, <cd>that law in accordance with which gravitation acts, namely, that every two bodies or portions of matter in the universe attract each other with a force proportional directly to the quantity of matter they contain, and inversely to the squares of their distances.</cd></cs>

<h1>Gravitational</h1> <Xpage=<-- p. 647 this page badly done>

<hw>Grav`i*tation*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the force of gravity; <as>as, <ex>gravitational</ex> units</as>.</def>

<h1>Gravitative</h1> <Xpage=<-- p. 647 this page badly done>

<hw>Gravi*ta*tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Causing to gravitate; tending to a center.</def>