surface gravity

noun

the gravitational acceleration experienced at a planet's surface at the equator, including the effects of rotation.

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Meanings

nounsurface gravity (countable and uncountable, plural surface gravities)

plural surface gravities

  1. countableuncountablethe gravitational acceleration experienced at a planet's surface at the equator, including the effects of rotation.
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