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Gravitics was the name used in the Vorkosigan Saga for any kind of technology that uses anti-gravity. No detailed explanation exists in the series for how this worked, but it was invented about two hundred years before Miles Vorkosigan, and it was "a five-space/three-space interface phenomenon." Many technologies used gravitics:

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  • Gravitics was the name used in the Vorkosigan Saga for any kind of technology that uses anti-gravity. No detailed explanation exists in the series for how this worked, but it was invented about two hundred years before Miles Vorkosigan, and it was "a five-space/three-space interface phenomenon." Many technologies used gravitics:
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  • Gravitics was the name used in the Vorkosigan Saga for any kind of technology that uses anti-gravity. No detailed explanation exists in the series for how this worked, but it was invented about two hundred years before Miles Vorkosigan, and it was "a five-space/three-space interface phenomenon." Many technologies used gravitics: * Float vehicles – a general term for vehicles that used gravitics (ubiquitous) * airsled – a term for a Komarran police vehicle * lightflyer – a particularly widely-used vehicle (ubiquitous) * grav-sled – a recreational vehicle * scat-cat – a military vehicle for traveling over tundra * hovercar - a floating gravitics-using equivalent to a groundcar. * gravitic imploder lance – was a type of weapon * gravitic grenades – were a type of weapon * gravitic grappler – useful with rappelling equipment * artificial gravity – a technology that transformed space flight * grav-crutches – Miles Vorkosigan used these when he broke both his legs * tractor tow, tractor beam, hand-tractor – for moving things from a distance (ubiquitous) * grav-bed – a particularly luxurious way to sleep * lift tube – a particularly modern version of an elevator (ubiquitous)
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