gravitational field

American  

noun

Physics.

1. the attractive effect, considered as extending throughout space, of matter on other matter.

2. the region surrounding an astronomical body in which the force of gravitation is strong.

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gravitational field British  

noun

1. the field of force surrounding a body of finite mass in which another body would experience an attractive force that is proportional to the product of the masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them

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Etymology

Origin of gravitational field

First recorded in 1915–20

Example Sentences

The team then determines the gravitational field that would match observational measurements and uses that information to infer the possible composition.

From Science Daily

For the first time, three astronauts passed out of Earth’s gravitational field and into that of the moon.

From Literature

The Rose Field refers to a magnetic or gravitational field, and was mentioned in the opening chapters of Northern Lights, when scholars at Lyra's Oxford college secretly discussed a mysterious phenomenon called Dust.

From BBC

"If the gravitational field behaves in a similar way to the other fields in nature, its curvature should exhibit random quantum fluctuations."

From Science Daily

Because of the different gravitational field strength on the Moon, time moves quicker there relative to Earth - 58.7 microseconds every day.

From BBC