01 n. The act of gravitating.
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The act of gravitating.
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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.(Pysics) Also: attraction of gravitation, universal gravitation, universal gravity See: Attraction, Weight.
Phrases & compounds
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.