gravity
fundamental interaction affecting all matter
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Summary
gravity is a fundamental interaction[1]. gravity draws 20,694 Wikipedia views per month (fundamental interaction category, ranking #1 of 4).[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: Isaac Newton[3]
- Instance of: physical phenomenon[4]
- Commons category: Gravitation[5]
- Said to be the same as: Q13211642[6], Nehézségi erő[7]
- Opposite of: non-gravitational force[8]
- Has cause: spacetime curvature[9], matter[10]
- Topic's main category: Category:Gravity[11]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[14], Encyclopædia Britannica Ninth Edition[15], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 11[16], Salmonsens konversationsleksikon, 2nd edition[17], Nordisk familjebok, 4th edition[18], Nordisk familjebok, 2nd edition[19], Nordisk familjebok, 1st edition[20], Bonniers konversationslexikon, 1st edition[21], Illustrated Norwegian conversation lexicon[22], Tietosanakirja[23], Pieni tietosanakirja[24], Norsk Haandlexikon[25]
- Stack Exchange tag: https://physics.stackexchange.com/tags/gravity[26], https://mathoverflow.net/tags/gravity-theory[27], https://space.stackexchange.com/tags/gravity[28], https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/tags/gravity[29], https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/tags/gravity[30], https://scifi.stackexchange.com/tags/gravity[31]
- Has effect: fall[32], gravitational motion[33]
- Has characteristic: gravitational force[34], spacetime curvature[35]
- Different from: Gravity[36], Gravitation[37], Schwerkraft (Begriffsklärung)[38], Gravité[39], Gravitas[40], gravity of Earth[41], weight[42], gravitational acceleration[43], standard acceleration of free fall[44], acceleration of free fall[45], apparent weight[46], gravitational force[47]
- Studied by: Newton's law of universal gravitation[48], general relativity[49]
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Outcome and Impact
Things named for gravity include Great Attractor[50], a galaxy filament[51]; Ochaco Uraraka[52], a fictional human[53]; and Gravitation[54], a video game[55].
Why It Matters
gravity has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[56] gravity is known by 66 alternative names across languages and contexts.[57]
Entities named for gravity include Great Attractor[50], a galaxy filament[51]; Ochaco Uraraka[52], a fictional human[53]; and Gravitation[54], a video game[55].