acceleration of gravity
noun phraseDefinition of acceleration of gravity
physics
: the acceleration of a body in free fall under the influence of earth's gravity expressed as the rate of increase of velocity per unit of time and assigned the standard value of 980.665 centimeters per second per second
— called also g
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