Home › Words › G › graviticsgraviticsgravitics · noun — the fictional science of studying and controlling gravity.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyFrom gravity + -ics.nounThe fictional science of studying and controlling gravity.e.g.“I scan the Imperial Journal of Physics and the Borshallan Physics Review every day. Nobody's doing comparable work. They're all concerned with gravitics and field dynamics.” — 2014 October, Don Sakers, Children of the Eighth Day, Linthicum, M.D.: Speed-of-C Productions, →ISBN, page 186:Devices able to control gravity or gravitational waves, considered collectively.e.g.“I'll adjust the computer to our assigned radio beam and it can use the gravitics to mimic conventional flight.” — 1982, Isaac Asimov, Foundation's Edge, London; […]: Grafton Books, →ISBN, page 213:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.electrogravitics 70% match — a proposed science involving the use of an electric field to charge (or polarize) an object so as to counteract the effects of gravity. vs gravitics →gravitically 67% match — Using gravity. vs gravitics →gravic 65% match — gravitational vs gravitics →gravidynamics 64% match — gravitational dynamics vs gravitics →electrogravitic 64% match — of or pertaining to electrogravitics vs gravitics →electrogravity 64% match — A hypothetical unification of electromagnetism and gravity. vs gravitics →graviphotonic 64% match — Of or relating to graviphotons. vs gravitics →antigravitation 64% match — Antigravity. vs gravitics →