Hypertext Webster Gateway: "gravitation"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Gravitation \Grav"i*ta"tion\, n. [Cf. F. gravitation. See
Gravity.]
1. The act of gravitating.
2. (Pysics) That species of attraction or force by which all
bodies or particles of matter in the universe tend toward
each other; called also {attraction of gravitation},
{universal gravitation}, and {universal gravity}. See
{Attraction}, and {Weight.}
{Law of gravitation}, that law in accordance with which
gravitation acts, namely, that every two bodies or
portions of matter in the universe attract each other with
a force proportional directly to the quantity of matter
they contain, and inversely to the squares of their
distances.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
gravitation
n : 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"--Albert Einstein [syn: {gravity},
{gravitational attraction}, {gravitational force}]
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