Grav"i*ta"tion (?), n.
[Cf. F. gravitation. See Gravity.]
1. The act
of gravitating.
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.
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.
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