Definition of Gravetation
Grav"i*ta"tion (?), n. [Cf. F.
gravitation. See Gravity.] 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 attraction of gravitation,
universal gravitation, and universal gravity. See
Attraction, and Weight.
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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
GRAVITATION, n. The tendency of all bodies to approach one another
with a strength proportion to the quantity of matter they contain --
the quantity of matter they contain being ascertained by the strength
of their tendency to approach one another. This is a lovely and
edifying illustration of how science, having made A the proof of B,
makes B the proof of A.
- 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
- (physics) the fundamental force of attraction that exists between all particles with mass in the universe. It is the weakest of the four forces, and possesses a gauge boson known as the graviton. See also gravity.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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