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gravitational

[ grav-i-tey-shuh-nl ]

adjective

  1. Physics. of or relating to the force of attraction between two masses:

    The gravitational effect of the moon causes the rise and fall of ocean tides.

  2. of or relating to a strong movement or natural tendency toward something or someone:

    Their gravitational attraction to self-destructive behavior has been the subject of much study.



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Other Word Forms

  • i·ٲtDz·· adverb
  • t·i·ٲtDz· adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of gravitational1

First recorded in 1850–55; gravitation ( def ) + -al 1( def )
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Example Sentences

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The Rose Field refers to a magnetic or gravitational field, and was mentioned in the opening chapters of Northern Lights, when scholars at Lyra's Oxford college secretly discussed a mysterious phenomenon called Dust.

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I always know when I’m feeling blue, because I feel the gravitational pull of my long shelf of P.G.

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Evaluating the merits of these awards would require a deep understanding of dozens of scientific fields, from gravitational waves to DNA methylation.

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Most SuperAdobes are dome-shaped and their construction relies on the arch, a load-bearing shape that utilizes geometry to offset gravitational and seismic forces.

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In April, he and colleagues published a paper detailing the results of computer simulations that showed how a different oxygen-extracting process might be hindered by the moon’s relatively feeble gravitational pull.

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gravitationˌˈٲپDzԲ