- standard gravity
- (g) the acceleration due to gravity at mean sea level on earth, 9.80616 meters per second squared. Called also acceleration of gravity.
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Standard gravity — Standard gravity, usually denoted by g 0 or g n, is the nominal acceleration due to gravity at the Earth s surface at sea level. By definition it is equal to exactly 9.80665 m/s2 (approx. 32.174 ft/s2). [The notation m/s2 means meters per second… … Wikipedia
standard gravity — (g or grav) the average acceleration of gravity at the earth s surface, conventionally defined to be exactly 9.806 65 meters per second per second, or about 32.174 05 feet per second per second. The unit is popularly known as the g or gee … Dictionary of units of measurement
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