| Noun | 1. | gravitation - (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 Einsteinsolar gravity - the gravity of the sun; "solar gravity creates extreme pressures and temperatures" | |
| 2. | gravitation - movement downward resulting from gravitational attraction; "irrigation by gravitation rather than by pumps"drop, fall - a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity; "it was a miracle that he survived the drop from that height" levitation - movement upward in virtue of lightness | |
| 3. | gravitation - a figurative movement toward some attraction; "the gravitation of the middle class to the suburbs"trend, drift, movement - a general tendency to change (as of opinion); "not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book"; "a broad movement of the electorate to the right" | |