Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: gravitation
IPA transcription: [ɡɹ,ævɪt'eɪʃən]
Pronunciations of gravitation
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: gravitation
    Meaning: a figurative movement toward some attraction; "the gravitation of the middle class to the suburbs"
  • Synonyms: gravitation
    Meaning: movement downward resulting from gravitational attraction; "irrigation by gravitation rather than by pumps"
  • Synonyms: gravity, gravitation, gravitational_attraction, gravitational_force
    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
Usage examples
  • Some thought that the exact law of gravitation did not apply to so distant a body.
  • The theory of gravitation seemed to be in the air, and Wren, Hooke, and Halley had many a talk about it.
  • We approach to-night perhaps the greatest, certainly the most conspicuous, triumphs of the theory of gravitation.
  • He next examined the various hypotheses that had been suggested to account for them:--Was it a failure in the law of gravitation?
  • Some cause was evidently at work on this distant planet, causing it to disagree with its motion as calculated according to the law of gravitation.
  • In that case the light pressure will prevail over the attraction of gravitation, and propel the attenuated matter away from the sun in the teeth of its attraction.
  • But it is easy to show from the theory of gravitation, that a solid ring could not possibly be stable, but would before long get precipitated excentrically upon the body of the planet.
  • In a similar manner, the Copernican theory, the theory of gravitation, the nebular hypothesis, the theory of uniformity in geology, and every scientific advance has been opposed on the same grounds; that is, that these are against the teachings of the Christian Church.
  • Their earth was a plane, vaulted by the sky, lamped by the little sun and moon and stars; above this vault was Heaven, where their God dwelt enthroned; they knew nothing of the law of gravitation; their Christ, standing in the flesh on the Mount of Olives, floated up through this vault to sit enthroned beside his Father in the most natural supernatural manner.
  • It is known from mathematical considerations that the gravitation of the sun would not be able to bring back any body that started from its surface with a velocity exceeding three hundred and eighty-three miles per second; so it is evident that some of the matter hurled forth in eruptive prominences may escape from solar control and go speeding out into space, cooling and condensing into solid masses.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Binary star, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Big Bang, License CC BY-SA 4.0