gravitation

[grav-i-tey-shuh n] /ˌgræv ɪˈteɪ ʃən/
noun
1.
Physics.
  1. the force of attraction between any two masses.
    Compare law of gravitation.
  2. an act or process caused by this force.
2.
a sinking or falling.
3.
a movement or tendency toward something or someone:
the gravitation of people toward the suburbs.
Origin
1635-45; < Neo-Latin gravitātiōn- (stem of gravitātiō). See gravitate, -ion
Related forms
gravitational, adjective
gravitationally, adverb
antigravitation, adjective
antigravitational, adjective
antigravitationally, adverb
nongravitation, noun
nongravitational, adjective
nongravitationally, adverb
supergravitation, noun
ungravitational, adjective
Examples from the web for gravitation
  • His bare principle of the laws of gravitation accounts for all the apparent inequalities in the course of the celestial globes.
  • On the one side there is the law of gravitation, and on the other the contemplation of the beauty of holiness.
  • Physicists make no attempt to explain why things obey the law of electromagnetism or of gravitation.
  • These defunct stars have collapsed in on themselves, and as they get denser, their gravitation pull increases.
  • He may have suspected the inverse square nature of gravitation, but he could not prove it mathematically.
  • Unfortunately no theory explains a physical process that produces the effect of gravitation.
  • They are easily divided into component parts by means of new technology from the action of gravitation.
  • The remaining of the universe is unobservable by radiation but hits gravitation field fills our part of the universe.
  • From the point of view of energy it is a receipt of higher, clean hydrogen fuel due to breaking up of molecules a gravitation.
  • gravitation torque on the moon's slightly out of round shape is believed to hold it in autorotation.
British Dictionary definitions for gravitation

gravitation

/ˌɡrævɪˈteɪʃən/
noun
1.
the force of attraction that bodies exert on one another as a result of their mass
2.
any process or result caused by this interaction, such as the fall of a body to the surface of the earth
See also Newton's law of gravitation
Also called gravity
Word Origin and History for gravitation
n.

1640s in physics sense, also figurative, from Modern Latin gravitationem (nominative gravitatio), noun of action from past participle stem of gravitare (see gravitate). Related: Gravitational.

gravitation in Medicine

gravitation grav·i·ta·tion (grāv'ĭ-tā'shən)
n.

  1. The natural phenomenon of attraction between massive bodies.

  2. The act or process of moving under the influence of this attraction.

  3. A movement toward a source of attraction.

gravitation in Science
gravitation
  (grāv'ĭ-tā'shən)   
See gravity.
gravitation in Culture

gravitation definition


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.