Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
(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"- Example: "the gravitation between two bodies is proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them"- Example: "gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love"--Albert Einstein[syn: gravity, gravitation, gravitational attraction, gravitational force]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
gravitational force
n 1: (physics) the force of attraction between all masses in the
universe; especially the attraction of the earth's mass for
bodies near its surface; "the more remote the body the less
the gravity"; "the gravitation between two bodies is
proportional to the product of their masses and inversely
proportional to the square of the distance between them";
"gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling
in love"--Albert Einstein [syn: gravity, gravitation,
gravitational attraction, gravitational force]