Meaning & Definition of Gravitation in English

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

2. Movement downward resulting from gravitational attraction

• "Irrigation by gravitation rather than by pumps"

3. A figurative movement toward some attraction

• "The gravitation of the middle class to the suburbs"