gravitation (n.)

  1. (physics) the force of attraction between all masses in the universe; especially the attraction of the earths 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 , gravitational attraction , gravitational force ]

  2. movement downward resulting from gravitational attraction; irrigation by gravitation rather than by pumps'

  3. a figurative movement toward some attraction; the gravitation of the middle class to the suburbs'

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