gravitation

UK: /ˌgrævɪˈteɪʃ^ən/ US: /ˌgrævɪˈteɪʃən/ ,(grav′i tā′shən)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026

grav•i•ta•tion /ˌgrævɪˈteɪʃən/   n. [uncountable]

1. Physics the force of attraction between any two masses.
2. a movement or tendency toward something or someone:
   the gravitation of people toward the suburbs.

grav•i•ta•tion•al, adj. [often: before a noun]

Gravitational force on the moon is less than on the earth.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

grav•i•ta•tion  (grav′i tā′shən), n. 

1. Physics
   • the force of attraction between any two masses. Cf. law of gravitation.
   • an act or process caused by this force.
2. a sinking or falling.
3. a movement or tendency toward something or someone:
   the gravitation of people toward the suburbs.

• Neo-Latin gravitātiōn- (stem of gravitātiō). See gravitate, -ion
• 1635–45

grav′i•ta′tion•al, adj. 
grav′i•ta′tion•al•ly, adv. 

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gravitation / ˌɡrævɪˈteɪʃən/ noun

1. the force of attraction that bodies exert on one another as a result of their mass
2. any process or result caused by this interaction, such as the fall of a body to the surface of the earth

Also called: gravity
See also Newton's law of gravitation