Weight; heaviness.

In philosophy, that force by which bodies tend or are pressed or drawn towards the center of the earth, or towards some other center, or the effect of that force; in which last sense gravity is synonymous with weight. Gravity is the tendency of great bodies to a center, or the sum or results of all the attractions of all the molecules composing a great body.

Specific gravity, the weight belonging to an equal bulk of every different substance. Thus the exact weight of a cubic inch of gold, compared with that of a cubic inch of gold, compared with that of a cubic inch of water or tin, is called its specific gravity. The specific gravity of bodies is usually ascertained by weighing them in distilled water.

Seriousness; sobriety of manners; solemnity of deportment or character. Great Cato there, for gravity renowned.

Weight; enormity; atrociousness; as the gravity of an injury.

In music, lowness of sound.