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gravitation
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun gravitation has 3 senses
- gravitation(n = noun.phenomenon) gravitational attraction, gravitational force, gravity - (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" is a kind of attraction, attractive force
- gravitation(n = noun.event) Array - movement downward resulting from gravitational attraction; "irrigation by gravitation rather than by pumps" is a kind of change of location, travel
- gravitation(n = noun.cognition) Array - a figurative movement toward some attraction; "the gravitation of the middle class to the suburbs" is a kind of drift, movement, trend
has particulars: solar gravity
Derived forms verb gravitate3, adjective gravitational1
has particulars: drop, fall
Derived forms verb gravitate3, adjective gravitational1
Antonym: levitation
Derived forms verb gravitate2, verb gravitate1
CIDE DICTIONARY
gravitation, n. [Cf. F. gravitation. See Gravity.].
- The act of gravitating. [1913 Webster]
- 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 , anduniversal gravity . See Attraction, and Weight. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
gravitation, n. Physics 1 a force of attraction between any particle of matter in the universe and any other.
2 the effect of this, esp. the falling of bodies to the earth.
2 the effect of this, esp. the falling of bodies to the earth.
Etymology
mod.L gravitatio (as GRAVITY)
DEVIL DICTIONARY
gravitation
n. The tendency of all bodies to approach one another with a strength proportion to the quantity of matter they contain -- the quantity of matter they contain being ascertained by the strength of their tendency to approach one another. This is a lovely and edifying illustration of how science, having made A the proof of B, makes B the proof of A.THESAURUS
gravitation
G, G suit, adduction, affinity, allurement, apogeotropism, attractance, attraction, attractiveness, attractivity, capillarity, capillary attraction, cascade, cataract, centripetal force, chute, collapse, comedown, crash, debacle, declension, declination, defluxion, descending, descension, descent, down, downbend, downcome, downcurve, downfall, downflow, downgrade, downpour, downrush, downtrend, downturn, downward trend, drag, draw, drop, dropping, fall, falling, geotropism, graviton, gravity, inclination, magnetism, mass, mutual attraction, plummeting, pounce, pull, pulling power, rapids, specific gravity, stoop, swoop, sympathy, traction, tug, waterfallROGET THESAURUS
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Gravity
N gravity, gravitation, weight, heaviness, specific gravity, pondorosity, pressure, load, burden, burthen, ballast, counterpoise, lump of, mass of, weight of, lead, millstone, mountain, Ossa on Pelion, weighing, ponderation, trutination, weights, avoirdupois weight, troy weight, apothecaries' weight, grain, scruple, drachma, ounce, pound, lb, arroba, load, stone, hundredweight, cwt, ton, long ton, metric ton, quintal, carat, pennyweight, tod, gram, centigram, milligram, microgram, kilogram, nanogram, picogram, femtogram, attogram, balance, scale, scales, steelyard, beam, weighbridge, spring balance, piezoelectric balance, analytical balance, two-pan balance, one-pan balance, postal scale, baby scale, statics, weighty, weighing, heavy as lead, ponderous, ponderable, lumpish, lumpy, cumbersome, burdensome, cumbrous, unwieldy, massive, incumbent, superincumbent.
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