gravitative
Americanadjective
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of, involving, or produced by gravitation
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tending or causing to gravitate
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It is clear that the radial or outward movement of the gas from the planetary surface is made directly against the gravitative attraction of the planet on the gaseous mass.
From The Energy System of Matter A Deduction from Terrestrial Energy Phenomena by Weir, James
The atmosphere of the planet forms an integral portion of its material, partakes of its rotatory motion, and is bound to the solid core by the mutual gravitative forces.
From The Energy System of Matter A Deduction from Terrestrial Energy Phenomena by Weir, James
Darwin shows that the gravitative interaction of the two bodies immediately began to raise tides of extraordinary height in both, therefore tending to slow down the rotational periods of both bodies.
From Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies by Todd, David Peck
Gaining a rapidly-increasing preponderance as the gravitative force does during the closing stages of concentration, the centrifugal force cannot, in ordinary cases, cause the leaving behind of rings when the mass has become dense.
From Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I by Spencer, Herbert
The motion of the earth in its orbit implies the whole of this vast field of gravitative relatedness.
From Spencer's Philosophy of Science The Herbert Spencer Lecture Delivered at the Museum 7 November, 1913 by Morgan, C. Lloyd (Conwy Lloyd)
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