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    observed as mutual attraction between all things that have mass. Gravity is, by far, the weakest of the four fundamental interactions, approximately 1038 times...
    74 KB (7,488 words) - 00:33, 27 August 2024
  • at a distance, of the gravitational field which it produces. In the relativistic sense, the "speed of gravity" refers to the speed of a gravitational...
    45 KB (5,576 words) - 23:18, 10 September 2024
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    above the surface of a reservoir, with no pump, but powered by the fall of the liquid as it flows down the tube under the pull of gravity, then discharging...
    83 KB (10,689 words) - 22:06, 13 August 2024
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    Artificial gravity is the creation of an inertial force that mimics the effects of a gravitational force, usually by rotation. Artificial gravity, or rotational...
    42 KB (5,049 words) - 01:08, 18 August 2024
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    rotation of Earth, also contribute, and, therefore, affect the weight of the object. Gravity does not normally include the gravitational pull of the Moon...
    31 KB (3,814 words) - 04:52, 10 September 2024
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    period. Earth is massive enough that the pull of gravity maintains its roughly spherical shape. Most of its deviation from spherical stems from the centrifugal...
    14 KB (1,682 words) - 10:09, 9 September 2024
  • context of pressure gradient force and its effects. However, the vertical variation is especially significant, as it results from the pull of gravity on the...
    11 KB (1,512 words) - 07:12, 12 September 2024
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    Bolt action (redirect from Straight-pull)
    Bellford using a gravity-operated tubular magazine in the stock. Another more well-known bolt-action repeating rifle was the Vetterli rifle of 1867 and the...
    33 KB (4,179 words) - 13:21, 10 August 2024
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    of Io. Although there is general agreement that the cause of the heat as manifested in Io's many volcanoes is tidal heating from the pull of gravity from...
    5 KB (497 words) - 15:15, 3 March 2024
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    (backflow) due to the low pressure of veins, and the pull of gravity. They also serve to prevent the over-widening of the vein. A venous valve is bicuspid...
    49 KB (6,218 words) - 19:52, 18 June 2024
  • Aether (classical element) (category History of science)
    elasticity and movement of aether by relating aether to his static model of fluids. This elastic interaction is what caused the pull of gravity to take place,...
    20 KB (2,348 words) - 07:07, 4 August 2024
  • also envisage the pull of gravity on the human body. The depicted body of water is the bay of Port Lligat, Dalí's residence at the time of the painting. The...
    9 KB (961 words) - 02:01, 2 May 2024
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    the first half of the trip (from the point of departure until the middle), the downward pull towards the center of gravity would pull it towards the destination...
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    when the femur is parallel with the earth and perpendicular to the pull of gravity. Side-lying leg raises target the hip abductors within the outer thigh...
    7 KB (931 words) - 10:57, 7 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Normal force
    language use of normal meaning "ordinary" or "expected". A person standing still on a platform is acted upon by gravity, which would pull them down towards...
    9 KB (1,450 words) - 10:59, 7 July 2024
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    effect offsets the downward pull of gravity on the ball; thus a hard-thrown fastball doesn't drop as much as other types of pitches and may even appear...
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    Levitation (physics) (category Gravity)
    accomplished by providing an upward force that counteracts the pull of gravity (in relation to gravity on earth), plus a smaller stabilizing force that pushes...
    11 KB (1,163 words) - 20:39, 10 May 2024
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    Lever (redirect from Law of the lever)
    true even though the "horizontal" distance (perpendicular to the pull of gravity) of both a and b change (diminish) as the lever changes to any position...
    16 KB (2,294 words) - 13:14, 27 August 2024
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    lost, the roots of them can still be seen behind her shoulders. The straight lines of her garments imply weightiness and the pull of gravity during her gentle...
    33 KB (4,351 words) - 09:55, 13 August 2024
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    Vestibulo–ocular reflex (category Pages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets via Module:Annotated link)
    of balance is mediated by the stretch of neck muscles and the pull of gravity on the utricle (otolith organ) of the inner ear. The VOR has both rotational...
    26 KB (3,351 words) - 03:21, 8 July 2024
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