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# gravitation

«gravitation» in Mova's school dictionary: **the force by which everything with mass pulls on…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (gravitation, uncountable); adjective gravitational

### meaning for a pupil

1) Gravitation is the force by which everything with mass pulls on everything else; it keeps us on the ground and the Moon going round the Earth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gravitation/#m1)

2) (formal) Gravitation can mean moving towards something or being drawn to it, like a gravitation of people towards cities. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gravitation/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons it is the scientific name for gravity; Isaac Newton described the law of gravitation. Phrases: «the law of gravitation», «universal gravitation», «gravitational pull».

### examples

- Gravitation keeps the planets moving round the Sun. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gravitation/#x1)
- Newton wrote about the law of gravitation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gravitation/#x2)
- Gravitation pulls the apple down to the ground. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gravitation/#x3)
- The Moon's gravitation causes the tides. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gravitation/#x4)
- Everything has gravitation, even you and me, but it is tiny. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gravitation/#x5)
- Bigger objects have stronger gravitation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gravitation/#x6)
- There was a gravitation of families towards the new park. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gravitation/#x7)
- Astronauts float because they are falling around the Earth, not because gravitation stops. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gravitation/#x8)

### note

Uncountable. Gravitation and gravity mean almost the same; «gravity» is the everyday word. Myth: there is gravity in space; astronauts float because they are in free fall.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «gravitation» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gravitation/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.