Synonyms: gravitation
Definition: a figurative movement toward some attraction
Usage: the gravitation of the middle class to the suburbs
Similar words: trend, movement, drift
Definition: a general tendency to change (as of opinion)
Usage: not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book; a broad movement of the electorate to the right
Synonyms: gravitation
Definition: movement downward resulting from gravitational attraction
Usage: irrigation by gravitation rather than by pumps
Similar words: change of location, travel
Definition: a movement through space that changes the location of something
Synonyms: gravitation, gravitational attraction, gravitational force, gravity
Definition: (physics) the force of attraction between all masses in the universe; especially the attraction of the earth's mass for bodies near its surface
Usage: 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
Similar words: attraction, attractive force
Definition: the force by which one object attracts another