Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gravitational

/ˌɡɹævɪˈteɪʃənəl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.49 in modern English

Syllables: grav-i-ta-tion-al
IPA: /ˌɡɹævɪˈteɪʃənəl/

17

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to, or caused by, gravity or gravitation.

Example Sentences

"Unlike most moons of the solar system, ours has the heft, the gravitational gravitas, to pull itself into a sphere."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷreh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *gʷréh₂us Proto-Italic *gʷraus Latin gravis Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -tō Latin -itō Latin gravitō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō New Latin gravitātiōbor. English gravitation English -al English gravitational From gravitation + -al.

Derived Forms

antigravitational electrogravitational gravastar gravitationality gravitationally hydrogravitational hypergravitational isogravitational magnetogravitational microgravitational milligravitational nongravitational

Phrases

active gravitational mass cosmic gravitational-wave background cosmic gravitational wave background gravitational assist gravitational collapse gravitational constant gravitational convection gravitational field

Synonyms

gravitic gravitative

Rhymes With

educational operational recreational organizational inspirational occupational vocational computational sensational motivational generational relational

Questions

How do you pronounce gravitational?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌɡɹævɪˈteɪʃənəl/.
What does gravitational mean?: Pertaining to, or caused by, gravity or gravitation.
Where does gravitational come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷreh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *gʷréh₂us Proto-Italic *gʷraus Latin gravis Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -tō Latin -itō Latin gravitō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō New Latin gravitātiōbor. English gravitation English -al English gravitational From gravitation + -al.

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