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standard gravity
(redirected from Standard acceleration of gravity)

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gravity /grav·i·ty/ (grav´it-e)
1. the phenomenon by which two bodies having mass are attracted to each other.
2. the gravitational attraction near a large body having mass, particularly near or on the surface of a planet or star.

specific gravity  the ratio of the density of a substance to that of a reference substance at a specified temperature.
standard gravity  (g ) the acceleration due to gravity at mean sea level on earth, 9.80616 meters per second squared.

standard gravity (g),
the acceleration caused by gravity at mean sea level, 9.80616 meters per second squared.


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