gravimetric
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of gravimetric
1870–75; gravi- (combining form of Latin gravis heavy) + -metric
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Future surveys using magnetic and gravimetric techniques could detect circular underground structures that mark a buried or eroded crater.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 1, 2026
“Captain, we’re reading an intense gravimetric disturbance, very close.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 1, 2026
Silicon has emerged as a promising alternative to conventional graphite anodes in high-energy lithium-ion batteries due to its exceptional gravimetric capacity.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2023
The required change of state in a gravimetric analysis may be achieved by various physical and chemical processes.
From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019
The gravimetric methods of physical geodesy, in conjunction with methods such as those of seismology, enable scientists to test hypotheses concerning the internal structure of the earth.
From Development of Gravity Pendulums in the 19th Century Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology, Papers 34-44 On Science and Technology, Smithsonian Institution, 1966 by Victor Fritz Lenzen
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