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say it: grav-i-TAY-shuhn
gravitation is a noun meaning "(physics) the force of attraction between all masses in the universe; especially the attraction of the earth's mass for bodies near its surface". It carries 3 recorded senses.
(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”
physics
movement downward resulting from gravitational attraction
“irrigation by gravitation rather than by pumps”
a figurative movement toward some attraction
“the gravitation of the middle class to the suburbs”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for gravitation come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.