Dictionary Check: gravitation
"gravitation" is a valid word!
Scrabble
15
points
Words with Friends
18
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Definition
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
Example:
"the more remote the body, the less the gravity"
noun
movement downward resulting from gravitational attraction
Example:
"irrigation by gravitation rather than by pumps"
noun
a figurative movement toward some attraction
Example:
"the gravitation of the middle class to the suburbs"
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