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Gravity Battery

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A gravity battery is an energy storage device that stores gravitational potential energy, the energy given to an object when it is raised against the force of gravity, so that the energy can later be recovered by lowering the object again.

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A gravity battery is a type of energy storage device that stores gravitational energy, the potential energy given to an object when it is raised against the force of gravity.
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