| n. | 1. | The act of gravitating. | |||
| 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
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| Noun | 1. | gravitation - (physics) the force of attraction between all masses in the universe; especially the attraction of the earth's mass for bodies near its surface; "the more remote the body the less the gravity"; "the gravitation between two bodies is proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them"; "gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love"--Albert Einstein |
| 2. | gravitation - movement downward resulting from gravitational attraction; "irrigation by gravitation rather than by pumps" Antonyms: levitation - movement upward in virtue of lightness | |
| 3. | gravitation - a figurative movement toward some attraction; "the gravitation of the middle class to the suburbs" |
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