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Gravitation - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Gravitation : (noun)
1: (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,
gravitational attraction, gravitational force]
2: movement downward resulting from gravitational attraction;
"irrigation by gravitation rather than by pumps" [ant: levitation]
3: a figurative movement toward some attraction; "the
gravitation of the middle class to the suburbs"
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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