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law of gravitation(medicine)
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gravitation (iou)



gravitation noun. M17.
[mod. Latin gravitatio(n-), formed as GRAVITATE: see -ATION.]
The action or process of gravitating; the falling of bodies to earth; movement, or tendency to move, towards a centre of attractive force. M17.
D. Brewster The moon..kept in her orbit by gravitation to the earth.
The attractive force exerted by each particle of matter on every other particle. M17.
law of gravitation the law according to which the force of gravity acting between two bodies is directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them.
S. Weinberg Galaxies..slowing down under the influence of their mutual gravitation.
transf. & fig. Attraction or tendency to move towards a centre of influence; natural tendency (to, towards). M17.
W. Cowper That low And sordid gravitation of his pow'rs To a vile clod.