gravitationally

American  

[grav-i-tay-shuhn-uh-lee] / ˌgræv ɪˈteɪ ʃən ə li /

adverb

1. with regard to, by, or through gravitation.

2. by natural attraction.

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Other Word Forms

• antigravitationally adverb
• non-gravitationally adverb

Example Sentences

"And on the route, it encounters that instability zone around binaries, where three-body effects kick into place and gravitationally clear out the zone."

From Science Daily • Apr. 19, 2026

The two are gravitationally bound companions destined to unleash a fiery blast into the cosmos.

From New York Times • Mar. 8, 2024

And then the third condition was—and this is the one designed to eliminate bodies like Pluto—it has to gravitationally dominate its orbit in order to clear the neighborhood of its own orbit from other bodies.

From National Geographic • Feb. 16, 2024

According to Mathur and Katherine Brown, additional objects should be drawn in gravitationally, so they are also hoping that Rubin identifies more eTNOs in extreme orbits.

From Scientific American • Oct. 25, 2023

When they become sizable, they also gravitationally attract gas, mainly hydrogen, in the cloud.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan