gravitics

noun — 2 senses

gravitics

noun

Etymology From gravity + -ics.

1

Literature, Media, Publishing, Science fiction The fictional science of studying and controlling gravity.

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:

2

Literature, Media, Publishing, Science fiction Devices able to control gravity or gravitational waves, considered collectively.

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:

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