grav

English

Noun

grav (plural gravs)

1. A unit of force or acceleration equal to the standard acceleration of free fall.
   • 1968, Fritz Leiber, A specter is haunting Texas:

     My heart was pounding as it pumped blood to my brain — no small job, considering my height and the gravs.

   • 2009, Jack Davis, Will Elder, Al Jaffee, Humbug, →ISBN, page 32:

     Proceed at a speed of four light years after accelerating thirteen gravs per millisecond.”

   • 2014, Gregory Benford, Larry Niven, Shipstar: A Science Fiction Novel, →ISBN:

     . “They're small, can maneuver faster than we can,”Clare said. “Accelerating at three gravs, too.”

2. (science fiction) An artificial gravity generator.
   • 1950, Nelson Bond, Lancelot Biggs: Spaceman, →ISBN, page 76:

     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.

   • 2007, L. E. Modesitt, Jr., The Ecolitan Enigma, →ISBN:

     ... 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.

   • 2010, L. E. Modesitt, Jr., The Parafaith War, →ISBN:

     Trystin shut down the ventilation system and shifted the last of the power for gravs into the thrusters.

3. (science fiction) An anti-gravity device.
   • 1992, Bill Baldwin, The Defenders:

     A starship thundered invisibly close overhead, its gravs at full lift-off power.

   • 1992, Gardner Dozois, Geodesic Dreams: The Best Short Fiction Of Gardner Dozois, →ISBN, page 83:

     The orbot was a speck, a clot, a ball, a toy. It was gliding silently in on gravs, directly overhead.

   • 2008, Martin Rait, FSpace Roleplaying Conspiracy Convention Skills Guide v1.1, →ISBN, page 7:

     Air cars include any vehicle which are grav powered and are capable of flying, but unlike aeroplanes they handle similar to normal ground cars.

   • 2011, R Richard, Second Chance King of Avuls, →ISBN, page 7:

     I set things up for the grav sled support and the Averonian operation.

   • 2011, J. E. Murphy, Sanctuary, →ISBN, page 317:

     With the gravs, I can land in ten seconds and be cutting a door for you at the same time.

Derived terms

• null-grav

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse grǫf, gröf, from Proto-Germanic *grabą, *grabō (“grave, trench, ditch”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrābʰ- (“to dig, scratch, scrape”). Compare Norwegian and Swedish grav, Icelandic gröf, English grave, West Frisian grêf, Low German Graf, Graff, Dutch graf, German Grab.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡraːv/,

Noun

grav c (singular definite graven, plural indefinite grave)

1. grave, tomb
2. pit, ditch, trench

Inflection

Related terms

• grave
• begravelse
• udgrave
• undergrave

Etymology 2

See grave.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡraːv/,

Verb

grav

1. imperative of grave

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse grǫf.

Pronunciation

• Homophone: grave

Noun

grav f or m (definite singular grava or graven, indefinite plural graver, definite plural gravene)

1. a grave (place of burial)

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

grav

1. imperative of grave

References

• “grav” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡrɑːʋ/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse grǫf. Akin to English grave.

Noun

grav f (definite singular grava, indefinite plural graver, definite plural gravene)

1. a grave (place of burial)

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

grav

1. imperative of grava

References

• “grav” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French grave, Latin gravis. Compare the inherited doublet greu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡrav/

• Audio

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Adjective

grav m or n (feminine singular gravă, masculine plural gravi, feminine and neuter plural grave)

1. grave, serious
2. critical, important, weighty
3. severe, stern
4. earnest
5. baritone, low in pitch, tone

Declension

Synonyms

• (serious, grave): serios, solemn
• (important, critical): important, critic
• (stern): sever

Related terms

• gravita
• gravitate

Adverb

grav

1. gravely

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡrɑːv/

• Audio (Gotland; "en grav"

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Etymology 1

From Old Norse grǫf, gröf, from Proto-Germanic *grabą, *grabō (“grave, trench, ditch”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrābʰ- (“to dig, scratch, scrape”). Compare Norwegian and Danish grav, Icelandic gröf, English grave, Dutch graf, German Grab.

Noun

grav c

1. a grave

   Synonym: (archaic) grift

Declension

Derived terms

• från vaggan till graven (“from the cradle to the grave”)
• gravallvarlig (“dead serious”)
• gravsten (“tombstone, headstone, gravestone”)
• gräva sin egen grav (“dig one's own grave”)
• gå i graven (“cease to exist”)
• stå med ena foten i graven (“have one foot in the grave”)
• ta med sig något i graven (“take something to the grave”)
• vända sig i graven (“turn in one's grave”)

Related terms

• begrava
• gräva

Etymology 2

From French grave. Compare English grave.

Adjective

grav (comparative gravare, superlative gravast)

1. severe, as in a mistake or a congenital disorder
2. grave (accent)

Declension

References

• grav in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• grav in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• grav in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• varg