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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. (physics) the force of attraction between all masses in the universe; especially the attraction of the earth's mass for bodies near its surface;
- Example: "the more remote the body the less the gravity"
- Example: "the gravitation between two bodies is proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them"
- Example: "gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love"--Albert Einstein
[syn: gravity, gravitation, gravitational attraction, gravitational force]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

gravitational attraction n 1: (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 [syn: gravity, gravitation, gravitational attraction, gravitational force]