gravitational
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4.7
- adjective
- /ˌɡrævɪˈteɪʃənl/
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gravitacional
- Without the Moon's gravitational influence, Earth's tides would be drastically different.
- gravitational waves
- gravitational radiation
- gravitational field
No, yeah, I'm just thinking about gravitational attraction of galaxies.
- No, yeah, I'm just thinking about gravitational attraction of galaxies.
- I mean, I, you asked me if gravitational radiation has ever been detected.
- The magnetic force of that tiny thing is stronger than the gravitational pull of the whole planet.
- Nyesh and his group did find an echo signal in the gravitational wave data.
- And it turns out that's enough to be able to see the subtle effect of gravitational slowing down.
- Or at least that's the classical gravitational view of what a black hole is.
- They're now loops of gravitational force in inverted commas.
Examples
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Scientists are studying how gravitational waves can reveal insights about the universe.
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You know, the gravitational relationship between the moon and Earth, these two planetary bodies, is fixed so the moon may look different throughout the month, but nothing is actually changing on Earth, you know?
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Here it feels the gravitational pull of the Sun, right?
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We'll be feeling the gravitational force... right now.
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So the force there is mass times gravitational acceleration.
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Earth's gravitational pull is different than at home.
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In here, the floor's been designed to create an Earth-like gravitational pull.
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You know, they're like black holes that have this tremendous gravitational pull.
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It's a gravitational lens.
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The satellite orbits Earth due to its gravitational pull.
Synonyms
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8.3
Relating to the force that pulls objects toward a planet
Relating to gravity, the force that pulls objects together
Compounds
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The space around a planet or other object that pulls things toward it
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4.2
A pull between all objects, especially Earth's pull on things near its surface
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7.2
A ripple in space and time made by very strong events like colliding black holes
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A number that shows how strong the pull of gravity is between two objects
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The force that pulls two objects toward each other, for example toward a planet
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A star or other space object falls inward because of its own gravity and becomes smaller and denser
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A force that pulls objects with mass toward each other, keeping planets and moons in place
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A scientific idea that objects with mass pull on each other more strongly when they are heavier and closer
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A measure of how strongly an object pulls other objects by gravity
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A number that shows how strongly two objects with mass attract each other depending on their distance
How Strong
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6.8
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Gravitational comes from the old Latin word gravis, which means 'heavy', and you can see the same idea in gravity and the English word grave meaning 'serious' or 'weighty'. So gravitational describes the force that makes things pull together or feel heavy.