| gravita | We learned that Newton discovered the law of gravitation. |
| gravitate | (v) move toward, Example: The conversation gravitated towards politics |
| gravitate | (v) be attracted to, Example: Boys gravitate towards girls at that age |
| gravitate | (v) move due to the pull of gravitation, Example: The stars gravitate towards each other |
| gravitation | (n) movement downward resulting from gravitational attraction, Ant. levitation, Example: irrigation by gravitation rather than by pumps |
| gravitation | (n) a figurative movement toward some attraction, Example: the gravitation of the middle class to the suburbs |
| gravitational | (adj) of or relating to or caused by gravitation, Syn. gravitative |
| gravitational collapse | (n) the implosion of a star resulting from its own gravity; the result is a smaller and denser celestial object |
| gravitational constant | (n) (physics) the universal constant relating force to mass and distance in Newton's law of gravitation, Syn. constant of gravitation, universal gravitational constant, G |
| gravitational field | (n) a field of force surrounding a body of finite mass |
| gravitational interaction | (n) a weak interaction between particles that results from their mass; mediated by gravitons |
| Gravitate | v. i. Why does this apple fall to the ground? Because all bodies gravitate toward each other. Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ] Politicians who naturally gravitate towards the stronger party. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Gravitation | n. [ Cf. F. gravitation. See Gravity. ]
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| Gravitational | a. (Physics) Of or pertaining to the force of gravity; |
| Gravitative | a. Causing to gravitate; tending to a center. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Gravitation { f }; Schwerkraft { f } [ phys. ] | gravitation [Add to Longdo] |
| Gravitations... | gravitational [Add to Longdo] |
| Gravitationsgesetz { n } [ phys. ] | law of gravitation [Add to Longdo] |
| Gravitationskonstante { f } [ phys. ] | gravitational constant [Add to Longdo] |