Definition of gravitation in English:

gravitation

noun ɡravɪˈteɪʃ(ə)nˌɡrævəˈteɪʃ(ə)n

mass noun

1Movement, or a tendency to move, towards a centre of gravity, as in the falling of bodies to the earth.
引力（如重力等）作用下的运动（或运动倾向）
Example sentencesExamples
- Newton had deduced from his theory of gravitation that the Earth would be flattened at the poles.
- Thus it was that the impenetrability, the mobility, the impulsive force of bodies, and the laws of motion and of gravitation, were discovered.
- Aristotle's notion of the motion of bodies impeded understanding of gravitation for a long time.
- He introduced this in 1817 in his study of a problem of Kepler of determining the motion of three bodies moving under mutual gravitation.
- But the vortex theory did not explain the gravitation of terrestrial objects towards the earth's poles, and, when applied to celestial matter, the theory clashed with certain known facts about planetary movements.
Synonyms
trend, movement, drift, swing
1. 1.1Physics The force responsible for gravitation; gravity.
  Example sentencesExamples
  Newton explicitly rejected the idea that gravitation, or any other force, be essential to matter.
  She thought of the universe as being full of mystical forces including gravitation and magnetism.
  Based on his universal law of gravitation and laws of motion, he was able to explain the paths of the planets.
  We know of four forces in nature: gravitation, electromagnetism, and the strong and weak nuclear forces.
  He attributed gravitation to the forces of mutual attraction between material objects.
  No longer able to withstand the force of its own gravitation, the core collapses.
  The gravitation force actually converts potential energy into mass by forcing protons and electrons to combine into neutrons.
  This quest led the English physicist Sir Isaac Newton, for example, to formulate his law of universal gravitation, which states that all objects in the universe exert a gravitational force of attraction upon each other.
  When the twentieth century began we knew of only two types of natural force: gravitation and the intertwined influence of electricity and magnetism.
  We know this difference especially when we look at the discovery of universal physical principles, as, for example, Kepler's discovery of universal gravitation.
2Movement towards or attraction to something.
〈喻〉移动；吸引
this recent gravitation towards the Continent
最近向欧洲大陆的人员流动。
Example sentencesExamples
- Are you trying to tell me that our obvious gravitation towards each other isn't real?
- Overall, there's been a gravitation towards rootsy instruments and old-timey songs.
- A number of factors led to her gravitation towards the Balkan region.
- Why do you feel there isn't a mass gravitation towards positive messages in hip hop?
- But she blocked his gravitation toward painting.
- It's almost as though we believe our society is caught up in some kind of unstoppable gravitation towards more consumption, more production, more alienation.
- Her stage work was largely overshadowed by her work in films, but in both arenas she will be remembered for her intensity, her gravitation towards extreme roles and her firm commitment to those roles.
- Yes, that's speculative but if there was more than one fellow involved within a timeframe of several weeks, a purposeful gravitation towards the one adjudged superior on some level seems a reasonable possibility.
- Like the planets of the solar system, men too were drawn into a type of gravitation toward goodness in this way.
- Perhaps gravitation toward his approach depends more on your sensibility than his.
- According to many experts, however, the move is both a symptom of changing retail trends and a long expected gravitation towards the store's natural born market.
- Her gravitation towards Italy and Italian culture functions as a kind replacement for the personal and cultural decimation she has witnessed as the daughter and niece of Holocaust victims.
- His gravitation towards people and things that expand his horizons is absolutely inspiring.
- I feel a sudden gravitation towards this young man and follow him to the side of the park where he sits glaring at the protesters.
- How do we battle the gravitation toward happy consensus that paralyzes our national debate?
Synonyms
movement, shift, flow, transfer, transferral, relocation

Origin

Mid 17th century: from modern Latin gravitatio(n-), from the verb gravitare (see gravitate).

Definition of gravitation in US English:

gravitation

nounˌɡravəˈtāSH(ə)nˌɡrævəˈteɪʃ(ə)n

1Movement, or a tendency to move, toward a center of gravity, as in the falling of bodies to the earth.
引力（如重力等）作用下的运动（或运动倾向）
Example sentencesExamples
- Aristotle's notion of the motion of bodies impeded understanding of gravitation for a long time.
- Newton had deduced from his theory of gravitation that the Earth would be flattened at the poles.
- He introduced this in 1817 in his study of a problem of Kepler of determining the motion of three bodies moving under mutual gravitation.
- Thus it was that the impenetrability, the mobility, the impulsive force of bodies, and the laws of motion and of gravitation, were discovered.
- But the vortex theory did not explain the gravitation of terrestrial objects towards the earth's poles, and, when applied to celestial matter, the theory clashed with certain known facts about planetary movements.
Synonyms
trend, movement, drift, swing
1. 1.1Physics A force of attraction exerted by each particle of matter in the universe on every other particle.
  〔物理〕（万有）引力
  the law of universal gravitation
  万有引力定律。比较GRAVITY。
  Compare with gravity
  Example sentencesExamples
  He attributed gravitation to the forces of mutual attraction between material objects.
  When the twentieth century began we knew of only two types of natural force: gravitation and the intertwined influence of electricity and magnetism.
  We know of four forces in nature: gravitation, electromagnetism, and the strong and weak nuclear forces.
  Newton explicitly rejected the idea that gravitation, or any other force, be essential to matter.
  We know this difference especially when we look at the discovery of universal physical principles, as, for example, Kepler's discovery of universal gravitation.
  This quest led the English physicist Sir Isaac Newton, for example, to formulate his law of universal gravitation, which states that all objects in the universe exert a gravitational force of attraction upon each other.
  Based on his universal law of gravitation and laws of motion, he was able to explain the paths of the planets.
  She thought of the universe as being full of mystical forces including gravitation and magnetism.
  The gravitation force actually converts potential energy into mass by forcing protons and electrons to combine into neutrons.
  No longer able to withstand the force of its own gravitation, the core collapses.
2Movement toward or attraction to something.
〈喻〉移动；吸引
a tentative gravitation toward the prices that we saw before the announcement
Example sentencesExamples
- Her stage work was largely overshadowed by her work in films, but in both arenas she will be remembered for her intensity, her gravitation towards extreme roles and her firm commitment to those roles.
- It's almost as though we believe our society is caught up in some kind of unstoppable gravitation towards more consumption, more production, more alienation.
- Perhaps gravitation toward his approach depends more on your sensibility than his.
- A number of factors led to her gravitation towards the Balkan region.
- Overall, there's been a gravitation towards rootsy instruments and old-timey songs.
- Her gravitation towards Italy and Italian culture functions as a kind replacement for the personal and cultural decimation she has witnessed as the daughter and niece of Holocaust victims.
- Yes, that's speculative but if there was more than one fellow involved within a timeframe of several weeks, a purposeful gravitation towards the one adjudged superior on some level seems a reasonable possibility.
- According to many experts, however, the move is both a symptom of changing retail trends and a long expected gravitation towards the store's natural born market.
- His gravitation towards people and things that expand his horizons is absolutely inspiring.
- Why do you feel there isn't a mass gravitation towards positive messages in hip hop?
- Like the planets of the solar system, men too were drawn into a type of gravitation toward goodness in this way.
- I feel a sudden gravitation towards this young man and follow him to the side of the park where he sits glaring at the protesters.
- But she blocked his gravitation toward painting.
- How do we battle the gravitation toward happy consensus that paralyzes our national debate?
- Are you trying to tell me that our obvious gravitation towards each other isn't real?
Synonyms
movement, shift, flow, transfer, transferral, relocation

Origin

Mid 17th century: from modern Latin gravitatio(n-), from the verb gravitare (see gravitate).

单词	gravitation
释义	Definition of gravitation in English: gravitation noun ɡravɪˈteɪʃ(ə)nˌɡrævəˈteɪʃ(ə)n mass noun 1Movement, or a tendency to move, towards a centre of gravity, as in the falling of bodies to the earth. 引力（如重力等）作用下的运动（或运动倾向） Example sentencesExamples Newton had deduced from his theory of gravitation that the Earth would be flattened at the poles. Thus it was that the impenetrability, the mobility, the impulsive force of bodies, and the laws of motion and of gravitation, were discovered. Aristotle's notion of the motion of bodies impeded understanding of gravitation for a long time. He introduced this in 1817 in his study of a problem of Kepler of determining the motion of three bodies moving under mutual gravitation. But the vortex theory did not explain the gravitation of terrestrial objects towards the earth's poles, and, when applied to celestial matter, the theory clashed with certain known facts about planetary movements. Synonyms trend, movement, drift, swing 1.1Physics The force responsible for gravitation; gravity. Example sentencesExamples Newton explicitly rejected the idea that gravitation, or any other force, be essential to matter. She thought of the universe as being full of mystical forces including gravitation and magnetism. Based on his universal law of gravitation and laws of motion, he was able to explain the paths of the planets. We know of four forces in nature: gravitation, electromagnetism, and the strong and weak nuclear forces. He attributed gravitation to the forces of mutual attraction between material objects. No longer able to withstand the force of its own gravitation, the core collapses. The gravitation force actually converts potential energy into mass by forcing protons and electrons to combine into neutrons. This quest led the English physicist Sir Isaac Newton, for example, to formulate his law of universal gravitation, which states that all objects in the universe exert a gravitational force of attraction upon each other. When the twentieth century began we knew of only two types of natural force: gravitation and the intertwined influence of electricity and magnetism. We know this difference especially when we look at the discovery of universal physical principles, as, for example, Kepler's discovery of universal gravitation. 2Movement towards or attraction to something. 〈喻〉移动；吸引 this recent gravitation towards the Continent 最近向欧洲大陆的人员流动。 Example sentencesExamples Are you trying to tell me that our obvious gravitation towards each other isn't real? Overall, there's been a gravitation towards rootsy instruments and old-timey songs. A number of factors led to her gravitation towards the Balkan region. Why do you feel there isn't a mass gravitation towards positive messages in hip hop? But she blocked his gravitation toward painting. It's almost as though we believe our society is caught up in some kind of unstoppable gravitation towards more consumption, more production, more alienation. Her stage work was largely overshadowed by her work in films, but in both arenas she will be remembered for her intensity, her gravitation towards extreme roles and her firm commitment to those roles. Yes, that's speculative but if there was more than one fellow involved within a timeframe of several weeks, a purposeful gravitation towards the one adjudged superior on some level seems a reasonable possibility. Like the planets of the solar system, men too were drawn into a type of gravitation toward goodness in this way. Perhaps gravitation toward his approach depends more on your sensibility than his. According to many experts, however, the move is both a symptom of changing retail trends and a long expected gravitation towards the store's natural born market. Her gravitation towards Italy and Italian culture functions as a kind replacement for the personal and cultural decimation she has witnessed as the daughter and niece of Holocaust victims. His gravitation towards people and things that expand his horizons is absolutely inspiring. I feel a sudden gravitation towards this young man and follow him to the side of the park where he sits glaring at the protesters. How do we battle the gravitation toward happy consensus that paralyzes our national debate? Synonyms movement, shift, flow, transfer, transferral, relocation Origin Mid 17th century: from modern Latin gravitatio(n-), from the verb gravitare (see gravitate). Definition of gravitation in US English: gravitation nounˌɡravəˈtāSH(ə)nˌɡrævəˈteɪʃ(ə)n 1Movement, or a tendency to move, toward a center of gravity, as in the falling of bodies to the earth. 引力（如重力等）作用下的运动（或运动倾向） Example sentencesExamples Aristotle's notion of the motion of bodies impeded understanding of gravitation for a long time. Newton had deduced from his theory of gravitation that the Earth would be flattened at the poles. He introduced this in 1817 in his study of a problem of Kepler of determining the motion of three bodies moving under mutual gravitation. Thus it was that the impenetrability, the mobility, the impulsive force of bodies, and the laws of motion and of gravitation, were discovered. But the vortex theory did not explain the gravitation of terrestrial objects towards the earth's poles, and, when applied to celestial matter, the theory clashed with certain known facts about planetary movements. Synonyms trend, movement, drift, swing 1.1Physics A force of attraction exerted by each particle of matter in the universe on every other particle. 〔物理〕（万有）引力 the law of universal gravitation 万有引力定律。比较GRAVITY。 Compare with gravity Example sentencesExamples He attributed gravitation to the forces of mutual attraction between material objects. When the twentieth century began we knew of only two types of natural force: gravitation and the intertwined influence of electricity and magnetism. We know of four forces in nature: gravitation, electromagnetism, and the strong and weak nuclear forces. Newton explicitly rejected the idea that gravitation, or any other force, be essential to matter. We know this difference especially when we look at the discovery of universal physical principles, as, for example, Kepler's discovery of universal gravitation. This quest led the English physicist Sir Isaac Newton, for example, to formulate his law of universal gravitation, which states that all objects in the universe exert a gravitational force of attraction upon each other. Based on his universal law of gravitation and laws of motion, he was able to explain the paths of the planets. She thought of the universe as being full of mystical forces including gravitation and magnetism. The gravitation force actually converts potential energy into mass by forcing protons and electrons to combine into neutrons. No longer able to withstand the force of its own gravitation, the core collapses. 2Movement toward or attraction to something. 〈喻〉移动；吸引 a tentative gravitation toward the prices that we saw before the announcement Example sentencesExamples Her stage work was largely overshadowed by her work in films, but in both arenas she will be remembered for her intensity, her gravitation towards extreme roles and her firm commitment to those roles. It's almost as though we believe our society is caught up in some kind of unstoppable gravitation towards more consumption, more production, more alienation. Perhaps gravitation toward his approach depends more on your sensibility than his. A number of factors led to her gravitation towards the Balkan region. Overall, there's been a gravitation towards rootsy instruments and old-timey songs. Her gravitation towards Italy and Italian culture functions as a kind replacement for the personal and cultural decimation she has witnessed as the daughter and niece of Holocaust victims. Yes, that's speculative but if there was more than one fellow involved within a timeframe of several weeks, a purposeful gravitation towards the one adjudged superior on some level seems a reasonable possibility. According to many experts, however, the move is both a symptom of changing retail trends and a long expected gravitation towards the store's natural born market. His gravitation towards people and things that expand his horizons is absolutely inspiring. Why do you feel there isn't a mass gravitation towards positive messages in hip hop? Like the planets of the solar system, men too were drawn into a type of gravitation toward goodness in this way. I feel a sudden gravitation towards this young man and follow him to the side of the park where he sits glaring at the protesters. But she blocked his gravitation toward painting. How do we battle the gravitation toward happy consensus that paralyzes our national debate? Are you trying to tell me that our obvious gravitation towards each other isn't real? Synonyms movement, shift, flow, transfer, transferral, relocation Origin Mid 17th century: from modern Latin gravitatio(n-), from the verb gravitare (see gravitate).
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