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grav⋅i⋅ta⋅tion
[grav-i-tey-shuh
n] 
–noun
| 1. | Physics.
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| 2. | a sinking or falling. |
| 3. | a movement or tendency toward something or someone: the gravitation of people toward the suburbs. |
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Gravitation
Grav"i*ta"tion\, n. [Cf. F. gravitation. See Gravity.]1. The act of gravitating. 2. (Pysics) 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. Law of gravitation, that law in accordance with which gravitation acts, namely, that every two bodies or portions of matter in the universe attract each other with a force proportional directly to the quantity of matter they contain, and inversely to the squares of their distances.
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gravitation
The force, first described mathematically by Isaac Newton, whereby any two objects in the universe are attracted toward each other. Gravitation holds the moon in orbit around the Earth, the planets in orbit around the sun, and the sun in the Milky Way. It also accounts for the fall of objects released near the surface of the Earth. The modern theory of gravitation is the general theory of relativity.
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Main Entry: grav·i·ta·tion
Pronunciation: "grav-&-'tA-sh&n
Function: noun
: a force manifested by acceleration toward each otherof two free material particles or bodies or of radiant-energy quanta as if they were particles (as in the bending of rays of starlight passing close to the sun) : an attraction between twobodies that is proportional to the product of their masses, inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them, and independent of their chemical nature or physical state and ofintervening matter —grav·i·ta·tion·al /-shn&l, -sh&n-&l/ adjective —grav·i·ta·tion·al·ly /-E/ adverb
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gravitation grav·i·ta·tion (grāv'ĭ-tā'shən)
n.
- The natural phenomenon of attraction between massive bodies.
- The act or process of moving under the influence of this attraction.
- A movement toward a source of attraction.
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| gravitation (grāv'ĭ-tā'shən) Pronunciation Key
See gravity. |
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