What is the full name of gravity?
GeneralClass 12AllAnswered 27 Mar 2026
Answer
Gravity's formal scientific name is "gravitational force" or "gravitation". The phenomenon was systematically described by Isaac Newton as the "universal law of gravitation," which states that all masses attract each other. The term "gravity" comes from the Latin word "gravitas," meaning weight or heaviness. In Einstein's general relativity, gravity is understood not as a force but as the curvature of spacetime caused by mass and energy.
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