gravitation meaning and definition

GRAVITATION noun

Definition of gravitation (noun)

1. (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
   • synonyms: gravitational attraction, gravitational force, gravity
2. movement downward resulting from gravitational attraction
   • "irrigation by gravitation rather than by pumps"
   • antonym: levitation
3. a figurative movement toward some attraction
   • "the gravitation of the middle class to the suburbs"