3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gravitation \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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
gravitation
n : the force of attraction between all masses in the universe;
especially the attraction of the earth's mass for bodies
near its surface; "gravitation cannot be held responsible
for people falling in love"--Albert Einstein [syn: {gravity},
{gravitational attraction}, {gravitational force}]
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
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.
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