Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gravitational attraction

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.40 in modern English

Syllables: grav-i-ta-tion-al at-trac-tion
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

23

Letters

7

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

n

(physics) the force of attraction between all masses in the universe; especially the attraction of the earth's mass for bodies near its surface

Example Sentences

"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"

Synonyms

gravity gravitation gravitational force

Questions

What does gravitational attraction mean?: (physics) the force of attraction between all masses in the universe; especially the attraction of the earth's mass for bodies near its surface

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