Gravitational Attraction (Noun)
Meaning
(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.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural phenomena.
Examples
- The gravitational attraction between the Earth and the Moon is what holds the Moon in orbit around our planet.
- According to Newton's law of universal gravitation, every point mass attracts every other point mass by a force acting along the line intersecting both points.
- One of Einstein's most famous statements was that gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love.
- The strength of the gravitational attraction between two objects depends on their masses and the distance between them.
- The gravitational attraction of the Earth's mass for bodies near its surface is what gives objects their weight.