单词 | gravitation |
释义 | gravitation/ɡravɪˈteɪʃ(ə)n![]() noun [mass noun] 1Movement, or a tendency to move, towards a centre of gravity, as in the falling of bodies to the earth.He introduced this in 1817 in his study of a problem of Kepler of determining the motion of three bodies moving under mutual gravitation....
1.1 Physics The force responsible for gravitation; gravity.When the twentieth century began we knew of only two types of natural force: gravitation and the intertwined influence of electricity and magnetism....
2Movement towards or attraction to something: this recent gravitation towards the Continent...
OriginMid 17th century: from modern Latin gravitatio(n-), from the verb gravitare (see gravitate). |
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