Usually means: Using planetary motion to boost spacecraft.
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  1. gravity assist: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  2. gravity-assist: Vocabulary.com
  3. gravity-assist, gravity assist: Wiktionary
  4. gravity-assist, gravity assist: Dictionary.com
  5. Gravity assist: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. gravity-assist: Rhymezone
  7. gravity-assist: FreeDictionary.org
  8. gravity-assist: Mnemonic Dictionary
  9. gravity-assist, gravity assist: TheFreeDictionary.com

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Gravity Assist: Eric Weisstein's World of Physics

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Basics of Space Flight Glossary (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (gravity assist)

noun:  (astrophysics) The favorable alteration of the speed and trajectory of a spacecraft as a result of its passing near to a celestial body.

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