gravitation

gravitation
noun
[mass noun]
  1. movement, or a tendency to move, towards a centre of attractive force, as in the falling of bodies to the earth
    引力(如重力等)作用下的运动(或运动倾向)
    ■(Physics)a force of attraction exerted by each particle of matter in the universe on every other particle
    (物理)(万有)引力。 比较 gravity
    the law of universal gravitation.
    万有引力定律。
    ■(figurative)movement towards or attraction to something
    (喻)移动;吸引
    this recent gravitation towards the Continent.
    最近向欧洲大陆的人员流动。
派生
gravitational
adjective
gravitationally
adverb
语源
  1. mid 17th cent.: from modern Latin gravitatio(n-), from the verb gravitare (see gravitate)
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