a. Pertaining to, or causing, gravitation;
a. [ L. gravidus, fr. gravis heavy, loaded. See Grave, a. ] Being with child; heavy with young; pregnant; fruitful;
a. [ L. gravidatus, p. p. of gravidare to load, impregnate. See Gravid. ] Made pregnant; big. [ Obs. ] Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Gravidity. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. graviditas. ] The state of being gravidated; pregnancy. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. gravis heavy + gradus step. ] (Zool.) Slow-paced. --
n. [ L. gravis heavy + -meter: cf. F. gravimètre. ] (Physics) An instrument for ascertaining the specific gravity of bodies. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Chem.) Of or pertaining to measurement by weight; measured by weight. --
Gravimetric analysis (Chem.),
n. (Chem.) the measurement of specific gravity.
n. [ From Grave to clean. ] The act of cleaning a ship's bottom. [ 1913 Webster ]
Graving dock. (Naut.)