gravitation

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The natural force that attracts all objects with mass toward each other.

   Newton's law of gravitation explains why objects fall to the ground.

2. 2
   noun

   A gradual movement toward something attractive.

   There has been a steady gravitation of young people to the big cities.

Borrowed from New Latin gravitātiō, from gravitāt-, past participial stem of gravitō (“to gravitate”), + -tiō. By surface analysis, gravitate + -ion.

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