gravitation

Words with a similar base: gravitation, gravitational_attraction, gravitational_force

'gravitation'

[gravity.n.01] as in: (physics) the force of attraction between all masses in the universe; especially the attraction of the earth's mass for bodies near its surface; ; ; --Albert Einstein

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Examples:
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

'gravitation'

[gravitation.n.02] as in: movement downward resulting from gravitational attraction

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Examples:
irrigation by gravitation rather than by pumps

'gravitation'

[gravitation.n.03] as in: a figurative movement toward some attraction

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Examples:
the gravitation of the middle class to the suburbs