gravitationally
AmericanOther Word Forms
- antigravitationally adverb
- non-gravitationally adverb
Example Sentences
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Instead, it appears to be gravitationally bound to a second object that orbits the star far from its center.
From Science Daily • Jan. 24, 2026
The two are gravitationally bound companions destined to unleash a fiery blast into the cosmos.
From New York Times • Mar. 8, 2024
An experiment to test the quantum nature of gravity via gravitationally mediated entanglement was proposed by Bose et. al. and by C. Marletto and V. Vadral.
From Science Daily • Dec. 4, 2023
Some of the dust cloud still gravitationally clings to that core, but the rest swept out in its orbit of ASASSN-21qj until, years later, it extensively eclipsed the star as seen from Earth.
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
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