重力|じゅうりょくjuuryoku[1]atamadaka (head-high)

JLPT N2approx.Common
Definitions
  1. noun, physicsgravity; gravitation; gravitational pull
    月つきの重力じゅうりょくは地球ちきゅうの6分ぶんの1である。↗
    The gravity of the moon is one-sixth of that of the earth.
Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym万有引力ばんゆういんりょくWrittenWritten/formal physics term for the attraction acting between all masses; 「重力」 typically refers to the pull of a body such as the Earth on objects near it.
  • Synonym引力いんりょくNeutralA broader term than 「重力」: any attractive force between objects, magnetic or gravitational, and by extension personal charm or appeal.
  • Antonym無重力むじゅうりょくNeutralWeightlessness, the state where no weight is felt, as in 「無重力空間」; the literal opposite of 「重力」, though gravity still acts in real weightlessness.

Use 「重力」 for the force with which the Earth (or a body) attracts objects, as in 「重力に逆らう」. For attraction in physics generally, say 「引力」 or 「万有引力」; 「無重力」 is its opposite, weightlessness.

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Japanese definitions
  1. ある天体てんたいの表面ひょうめん付近ふきん、または付近ふきんの宇宙うちゅう空間くうかんにある物体ぶったいに対たいして、その天体てんたい自体じたいが及およぼす力ちから。一般いっぱんには地球ちきゅうにおけるそれを指さし、この場合ばあい、地球ちきゅうの万有引力ばんゆういんりょくと地球ちきゅうの自転じてんによる遠心力えんしんりょくとの合力ごうりょくをいう。
  2. 質量しつりょうによって発生はっせいする引力いんりょく。万有引力ばんゆういんりょく。
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