GRAVITY GRADIENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gravity gradient mean? 

• GRAVITY GRADIENT (noun)
  The noun GRAVITY GRADIENT has 1 sense:

1. a gradient in the gravitational forces acting on different parts of a nonspherical object

  Familiarity information: GRAVITY GRADIENT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GRAVITY GRADIENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A gradient in the gravitational forces acting on different parts of a nonspherical object

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Context example:

the gravity gradient of the moon causes the ocean tides on Earth

Hypernyms ("gravity gradient" is a kind of...):

gradient (a graded change in the magnitude of some physical quantity or dimension)