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gravitative
[ grav-i-tey-tiv ]
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- non·gravi·tative adjective
- un·gravi·tative adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of gravitative1
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Example Sentences
Attraction, whether gravitative or capillary, produces the spherical form; the spherical form does not produce attraction.
The profound Newton did not attempt to show what the gravitative force of the universe was.
Now Aether is atomic as has been shown, and therefore from that standpoint it is also gravitative.
These are ascertained from their movements with regard to each other under the influence of their mutual gravitative attractions.
The prolate or lemon-like shape is caused by the gravitative pull of the earth, balanced by the centrifugal whirl.
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