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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin gravitātem. By surface analysis, gravi- + -ità.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡra.viˈta/*
- Rhymes: -a
- Hyphenation: gra‧vi‧tà
Noun
gravità f
- (physics) gravity (all meanings)
c. 1500, Leonardo da Vinci, “La natura”, in G. Fumagalli, editor, Leonardo Prosatore, scelta di scritti Vinciani, Milan: Albrighi, published 1915, →OCLC, page 79:La gravità, la forza e ’l moto accidentale insieme colla percussione son le quattro accidentali potenzie colle quali tutte l’evidenti opere de mortali hanno loro essere e loro morte.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- seriousness, graveness, solemnity
- heaviness, weightiness
Anagrams
Maltese
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian gravità.
Pronunciation
Noun
gravità f (plural gravitajiet)
- gravity, seriousness
- (physics) gravity