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gravitational

See also: gravitațional

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Etymology edit

gravitation +‎ -al

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˌɡɹævɪˈteɪʃənəl/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɪʃənəl

Adjective edit

gravitational (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to, or caused by, gravity or gravitation.
    • 2014 September 7, Natalie Angier, “The Moon comes around again [print version: Revisiting a moon that still has secrets to reveal: Supermoon revives interest in its violent origins and hidden face, International New York Times, 10 September 2014, p. 8]”, in The New York Times‎[1]:
      Unlike most moons of the solar system, ours has the heft, the gravitational gravitas, to pull itself into a sphere.

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