GRAVITATION
Dictionary entry overview: What does gravitation mean?
• GRAVITATION (noun)
The noun GRAVITATION has 3 senses:
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
2. movement downward resulting from gravitational attraction
3. a figurative movement toward some attraction
Familiarity information: GRAVITATION used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• GRAVITATION (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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Synonyms:
gravitation; gravitational attraction; gravitational force; gravity
Context examples:
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
Hypernyms ("gravitation" is a kind of...):
attraction; attractive force (the force by which one object attracts another)
Domain category:
natural philosophy; physical science; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gravitation"):
solar gravity (the gravity of the sun)
Meaning:
Movement downward resulting from gravitational attraction
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Context example:
irrigation by gravitation rather than by pumps
Hypernyms ("gravitation" is a kind of...):
change of location; travel (a movement through space that changes the location of something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gravitation"):
drop; fall (a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity)
Antonym:
levitation (movement upward in virtue of lightness)
Meaning:
A figurative movement toward some attraction
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Context example:
the gravitation of the middle class to the suburbs
Hypernyms ("gravitation" is a kind of...):
drift; movement; trend (a general tendency to change (as of opinion))
