重力

Chinese

 
heavy; serious; to double; to repeat; repetition; iteration; again; a layer
 power; force; strength
simp. and trad.
(重力)		 重 力

Pronunciation

Noun

重力

  1. earth's gravity
  2. (by extension) gravity (of other celestial bodies)

See also

Japanese

Kanji in this term
重 力
じゅう
Grade: 3		 りょく
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

重 (jū, “heaviness”) +‎ 力 (ryoku, “force”), calque of Dutch zwaartekracht.[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

重力 (hiragana じゅうりょく, rōmaji jūryoku, historical hiragana ぢゆうりよく)

  1. (physics) gravity[5]
    • 2003 April 10, Amano, Kozue, “Navigation08 星ほしの謳うた声ごえ [Navigation08 Chorus of the Planet]”, in ARIAアリア [ARIA], volume 2 (fiction, in Japanese), Tokyo: Mag Garden, →ISBN:
      そう　確 (たしか)月 (つき)の重 (じゅう)力 (りょく)は地球 (マンホーム)の⅙だったわよね　火星 (アクア)の重 (じゅう)力 (りょく)は本 (ほん)当 (とう)は地球 (マンホーム)の約 (やく)⅓の
      Sō tashika Tsuki no jūryoku wa Manhōmu no roku-bun no ichi datta wa yo ne Akua no jūryoku wa hontō wa Manhōmu no yaku san-bun no ichi
      So, if my memory serves, the Moon’s gravity is about ⅙ of Manhome’s. Aqua’s gravity, on the other hand, is roughly ⅓ of Manhome’s.
    • 2003 April 10, Amano, Kozue, “Navigation08 星ほしの謳うた声ごえ [Navigation08 Chorus of the Planet]”, in ARIAアリア [ARIA], volume 2 (fiction, in Japanese), Tokyo: Mag Garden, →ISBN, page 80:
      火星 (アクア)の地 (ち)下 (か)にはね地重管理人 (ノーム)という人 (ひと)達 (たち)がいて——重 (じゅう)力 (りょく)を１Ｇ (ジー)に保 (た)もってくれてるのよ
      Akua no chika ni wa ne Nōmu to iu hito-tachi ga ite—— jūryoku o ichi-jī ni tamotte kureteru no yo
      The people known as Gnomes, who live under the ground of Aqua—— are responsible for maintaining gravity at 1G
  2. (physics) gravitational force[5]

Synonyms

References

  1. ↑ 1998, 広辞苑 (Kōjien), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  2. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  4. ↑ 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. 1 2 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
重力

Noun

重力

  1. Hán tự form of trọng lực, “gravity, gravitational force”
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