gravitational force

[ grav-i-tey-shuh-nl fawrs ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Aerospace,

a unit of acceleration equal to the acceleration of gravity at the earth's surface:
Fighter pilots train to tolerate very high G-forces with breathing techniques and specialized equipment.

First recorded in 1690–1710

That means twice as far from the black hole, the gravitational force is roughly four times as weak.

We have a sort of fourth-dimensional lens that concentrates the lines of any gravitational force.

Moreover, the fact of atmospheric pressure is itself a case of one of the commonest of all facts—weight or gravitational force.

This rate, he thinks, is regulated by the gravitational force.

In this matter Kant regards himself as defending the Newtonian theory of an attractive gravitational force.

There was a gravitational force here for which I was not allowing.

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