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1715 W. Derham Astro-theol. vi. 136 All Liquids..run nearly into a spherical form, when hung on a small surface;..or into a hemispherical figure, on a broader surface; their Self-Attraction causing the former.

1862 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire VII. lxv. 392 Held firmly together by its inherent self-attraction.

1951 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 37 11 The solar tidal force nearly equals the self-attraction for each of the proto-planets at their maximum extension.

2015 Independent (Nexis) 14 Oct. 31 This lack of conscious self-attraction very often has the effect of making the subject even more attractive to the inquisitive eye.