gravitationnoun
uk/ˌɡræv.ɪˈteɪ.ʃən/us/ˌɡræv.əˈteɪ.ʃən/gravitation noun (FORCE)
[ U ] in science, the force that attracts all objects towards one another:
Particles are attracted to each other by gravitation.
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Physics: energy, force & power
- barometric pressure
- binding energy
- bioenergy
- chemical bond
- constructive interference
- distance multiplier
- drag
- dynamics
- jet propulsion
- joule
- potential energy
- shock
- static equilibrium
- stress fracture
- strong force
- the sound barrier
- thermodynamics
- vector
- waveform
- weak force
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gravitation noun (MOVEMENT TOWARDS)
[ S or U ] an occasion when someone or something moves or is attracted in the direction of a particular thing or person:
The gravitation of country people to/towards the capital began in the 1920s.
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Movement
- ambulatory
- be treading water idiom
- catalepsy
- comings
- floating
- get
- immobile
- immobilize
- inert
- mobile
- motile
- motility
- motion
- movable
- moving
- pull
- pull up short idiom
- steady
- still
- tread
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gravitational
adjective uk/ˌɡræv.ɪˈteɪ.ʃən.əl/us/ˌɡræv.əˈteɪ.ʃən.əl/
relating to gravity or gravitation:
gravitational forces