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Synonyms for gravitation
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : grav-i-tey-shuh n |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌgræv ɪˈteɪ ʃən |
Définition of gravitation
Origin :- 1640s in physics sense, also figurative, from Modern Latin gravitationem (nominative gravitatio), noun of action from past participle stem of gravitare (see gravitate). Related: Gravitational.
- noun mutual attraction
- That is a very common verification of one of the best established laws of nature—that of gravitation.
- Extract from : « The Method By Which The Causes Of The Present And Past Conditions Of Organic Nature Are To Be Discovered.--The Origination Of Living Beings » by Thomas H. Huxley
- Gravitation then is a property belonging to matter and not to ether.
- Extract from : « The Machinery of the Universe » by Amos Emerson Dolbear
- He may be described as confusing the attraction of gravitation with the attraction of cohesion.
- Extract from : « Timaeus » by Plato
- The law of progress is as inevitable as is the law of gravitation.
- Extract from : « Italy, the Magic Land » by Lilian Whiting
- Here is the reason: There is a great force known as gravitation.
- Extract from : « Common Science » by Carleton W. Washburne
- Just as we know of no exceptions to the law of gravitation, so there are no exceptions to the law of death.
- Extract from : « The Soul of a People » by H. Fielding
- It was gravitation that gave the rock its weight, but, look there!
- Extract from : « Peak and Prairie » by Anna Fuller
- If the Law of Gravitation could be stated as a real utterance, it might be a real resistance to us.
- Extract from : « The Book of the Damned » by Charles Fort
- We only recognize the law, and are no more responsible for its existence than for the law of gravitation.
- Extract from : « Socialism » by John Spargo
- No slow climbing for him; he just lets go and comes down by gravitation.
- Extract from : « Wood Folk at School » by William J. Long
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