v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Gravitated p. pr. & vb. n. Gravitating ] [ Cf. F. graviter. See Gravity. ] To obey the law of gravitation; to exert a force or pressure, or tend to move, under the influence of gravitation; to tend in any direction or toward any object. [ 1913 Webster ]
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 ]
n. [ Cf. F. gravitation. See Gravity. ] 1. The act of gravitating. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. (Pysics) That species of attraction or force by which all bodies or particles of matter in the universe tend toward each other; called also attraction of gravitation, universal gravitation, and universal gravity. See Attraction, and Weight. [ 1913 Webster ]
Law of gravitation, that law in accordance with which gravitation acts, namely, that every two bodies or portions of matter in the universe attract each other with a force proportional directly to the quantity of matter they contain, and inversely to the squares of their distances. [ 1913 Webster ]
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