gravitationally
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- adverb
- /ˌɡrævɪˈteɪʃənəli/
- The largest gravitationally bound systems in the cosmos are clusters of galaxies.
- gravitationally bound
- gravitationally interact
- gravitationally bound objects
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Watch on YouTubeWe can tell there's something that is gravitationally pulling it, but we don't see it.
- We can tell there's something that is gravitationally pulling it, but we don't see it.
- That which inflated the universe later decayed into more or less normal gravitationally attractive matter.
- So no, if you have an object that is affected by Earth's gravity but continues on its way, it was never gravitationally bound to Earth.
- Admittedly, when it's very, if it's a very long tall straw, then viscous forces can actually stabilize this, but it's actually gravitationally unstable.
Examples
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Overall, Earth should have the form of a gravitationally deformed fluid.
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In other cases, the stars remain gravitationally bound and form immense globular clusters.
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If the density is large enough, the universe is gravitationally bound or closed.
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These two guys attract each other gravitationally and electrically.
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Eventually the particles in that plume will begin to fall out gravitationally, but that could take weeks or even months to get that material out.
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Dark matter, because it gravitationally attracts it tends to encourage the growth of structure.
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Therefore, starting from known physical laws, he set out to construct a theoretical model of a gravitationally contracting object.
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We can tell there's something that is gravitationally pulling it, but we don't see it.
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Further, if the disk is sufficiently unstable, regions of it may collapse to form dense, gravitationally bound objects.
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The Earth and moon interact with each other gravitationally, influencing tides and orbital patterns.
Compounds
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A person who is clumsy or who has trouble with their weight
Surface Forms
Morphology
gravitationally = gravitational (transparent) = gravitation + al + ly
The adverb is regularly formed by adding '-ly' to the adjective 'gravitational', which itself is a regular adjectival formation from 'gravitation'.
Etymology
The word gravitationally comes from gravity, which comes from the Latin word gravis meaning 'heavy', so imagine heavy things pulling on each other and gravitationally means 'in a way caused by that pull'.