Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gravity well

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.20 in modern English

Syllables: grav-i-ty well
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The area of space around a celestial body that is dominated by the body's gravitational field.

Example Sentences

"Altanorch is a small but typical hydrogen-helium gas giant with no outstanding features. Its combination of strong magnetic field and relatively shallow gravity well make it a popular "stopover" world for discharging FTL drive cores."

Etymology

From gravity + well,

Inflected Forms

gravity wells (plural)

Synonyms

gravitational well

Questions

What does gravity well mean?: The area of space around a celestial body that is dominated by the body's gravitational field.
Where does gravity well come from?: From gravity + well,

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