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1. (n.) gravitation
the force of attraction between any two masses.
2. gravitation
an act or process caused by this force.
3. gravitation
a sinking or falling.
4. gravitation
a movement or tendency toward something or someone.
Etymology: (1635–45; < NL)
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| Definition of 'Gravitation' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) gravity, gravitation, gravitational attraction, gravitational force
(physics) the force of attraction between all masses in the universe; especially the attraction of the earth's mass for bodies near its surface
"the more remote the body the less the gravity"; "the gravitation between two bodies is proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them"; "gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love"--Albert Einstein
2. (noun) gravitation
movement downward resulting from gravitational attraction
"irrigation by gravitation rather than by pumps"
3. (noun) gravitation
a figurative movement toward some attraction
"the gravitation of the middle class to the suburbs"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Gravitation
the act of gravitating
2. (noun) Gravitation
that species of attraction or force by which all bodies or particles of matter in the universe tend toward each other; called also attraction of gravitation, universal gravitation, and universal gravity. See Attraction, and Weight
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U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. Gravitation
Acceleration produced by the mutual attraction of two masses, and of magnitude inversely proportional to the square of the distance between the two centers of mass. It is also the force imparted by the earth, moon, or a planet to an object near its surface. (From NASA Thesaurus, 1988)
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The Standard Electrical Dictionary |
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1. Gravitation
A natural force which causes all masses of matter to attract each other. Its cause is unknown; it is often supposed to be due to the luminiferous ether.
[Transcriber's note: Einstein's explanation of gravity, General Relativity and the curvature of space-time, came 23 years later, 1915.]
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