'Gravitation' definitions:

Definition of 'gravitation'

From: WordNet
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; "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]
noun
Movement downward resulting from gravitational attraction; "irrigation by gravitation rather than by pumps" [ant: levitation]
noun
A figurative movement toward some attraction; "the gravitation of the middle class to the suburbs"

Definition of 'Gravitation'

From: GCIDE
  • Gravitation \Grav"i*ta"tion\, n. [Cf. F. gravitation. See Gravity.]
  • 1. The act of gravitating. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Pysics) That species of attraction or force by which all bodies or particles of matter in the universe tend toward each other; called also attraction of gravitation, universal gravitation, and universal gravity. See Attraction, and Weight. [1913 Webster]
  • Law of gravitation, that law in accordance with which gravitation acts, namely, that every two bodies or portions of matter in the universe attract each other with a force proportional directly to the quantity of matter they contain, and inversely to the squares of their distances. [1913 Webster]