首页gravitationgravitation英英释意
gravitation
英 [grævɪ'teɪʃ(ə)n]
美[,ɡrævɪ'teʃən]
- n. 重力；万有引力；地心吸力
英英释意
- 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"