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Definition of Gravitational attraction
1. Noun. (physics) 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"
Category relationships: Natural Philosophy, Physics
Generic synonyms: Attraction, Attractive Force
Specialized synonyms: Solar Gravity
Derivative terms: Gravitate, Gravitational, Gravitate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gravitational Attraction
Literary usage of Gravitational attraction
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1917)
"It then required several hours for the decrease in gravitational attraction to
reach a limit. Then when the other terminal was applied the masses slowly ..."
2. The Interferometry of Reversed and Non-reversed Spectra by Carl Barus (1919)
"CHAPTER IV. EXPERIMENTS IN GRAVITATION. I. gravitational attraction. 40.
Introduction. — The ease with which the rectangular ..."
3. Magnetic Fields of Force: An Exposition of the Phenomena of Magnetism by Hermann Ebert (1897)
"Comparison of magnetic force with the force of gravitational attraction.—We shall
now offer some observations on the relative magnitudes of the two kinds of ..."
4. Treatise on Physics by Andrew Gray (1901)
"gravitational attraction. 4f)3. Potential due to Uniform Spherical Shell.—The
subject of gravitational forces between different particles has been ..."
5. An Introduction to Mathematical Physics by Robert Alexander Houstoun (1912)
"gravitational attraction can also be interpreted in terms of electrostatic charges
and magnetic poles. The unit quantity of electricity on the ..."
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