'Gravitation' definitions:
Definition of 'gravitation'
(from WordNet)
noun
(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"--Albert Einstein [syn: gravity, gravitation, gravitational attraction, gravitational force]
noun
Movement downward resulting from gravitational attraction; "irrigation by gravitation rather than by pumps" [ant: levitation]
noun
A figurative movement toward some attraction; "the gravitation of the middle class to the suburbs"
Definition of 'Gravitation'
From: GCIDE
- Gravitation \Grav"i*ta"tion\, n. [Cf. F. gravitation. See Gravity.]
- 1. The act of gravitating. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'gravitation'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- G,
- G suit,
- geotropism,
- graviton,
- gravity,
- inclination,
- magnetism,
- mass,
- mutual attraction,
- plummeting,
- pounce,
- pull,
- pulling power,
- rapids,
- specific gravity,
- stoop,
- swoop,
- sympathy,
- traction,
- tug,
- waterfall
Words containing 'Gravitation'
- Gravitate,
- Gravitated,
- Gravitating,
- Gravitational,
- Gravitative,
- gravitationally,
- Gravitation constant,
- Law of gravitation,
- attraction of gravitation,
- constant of gravitation,
- gravitation wave,
- gravitational attraction,
- gravitational collapse,
- gravitational constant,
- gravitational field,
- gravitational force,
- gravitational interaction,
- gravitational mass,
- gravitational theory,
- theory of gravitation,
- universal gravitation,
- newton's law of gravitation,
- newton's theory of gravitation,
- universal gravitational constant