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gravitational

grav·i·ta·tion
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [grav-i-tey-shuh n]
    • /ˌgræv ɪˈteɪ ʃən/
    • /ˌɡræv.ɪˈteɪ.ʃən/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [grav-i-tey-shuh n]
    • /ˌgræv ɪˈteɪ ʃən/

Definitions of gravitational word

  • noun gravitational Physics. the force of attraction between any two masses. Compare law of gravitation. an act or process caused by this force. 1
  • noun gravitational a sinking or falling. 1
  • noun gravitational a movement or tendency toward something or someone: the gravitation of people toward the suburbs. 1
  • noun gravitational Pertaining to, or caused by, gravity or gravitation. 1
  • adjective gravitational relating to gravity 1
  • adjective gravitational Gravitational means relating to or resulting from the force of gravity. 0
See all 7 definitions of gravitational

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Origin of gravitational

First appearance:

before 1635
One of the 43% oldest English words
First recorded in 1635-45, gravitation is from the New Latin word gravitātiōn- (stem of gravitātiō). See gravitate, -ion

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Parts of speech for Gravitational

noun
adjective
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adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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gravitational popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 71% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

gravitational usage trend in Literature

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Related words

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    Black holes are areas in space, where gravity is so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape from them. Black holes are thought to be formed by collapsed stars.

  • center of gravity

    The center of gravity of an object is a point in it. If this point is above the base of the object, it stays stable, rather than falling over.

  • gravitational redshift

    (in general relativity) the shift toward longer wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation emitted by a source in a gravitational field, especially at the surface of a massive star.

  • gravity assist

    the technique of using the energy of a gravitational field and the orbital velocity of a planet to change the speed and trajectory of a spacecraft.

  • tidal force

    the gravitational pull exerted by a celestial body that raises the tides on another body within the gravitational field, dependent on the varying distance between the bodies.

  • acceleration of gravity

    the gravitational acceleration of a freely falling object, expressed in terms of the rate of increase of velocity per second: on earth 980.665 cm (32.17 ft) per second per second is the standard
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