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 to be noted that a gaseous column or atmosphere of this nature would be in a state of complete equilibrium under the action of the gravitative attraction—provided there were no external disturbing influences.
From The Energy System of Matter A Deduction from Terrestrial Energy Phenomena by Weir, James
This mass is assumed to be assembled and to obtain its coherent form in virtue of that universal and inherent property of matter, namely, gravitative or central attraction.
From The Energy System of Matter A Deduction from Terrestrial Energy Phenomena by Weir, James
But, whereas gravitative knowledge is reciprocal—the sun knowing the earth in the same fashion as the earth knows the sun—cognitive knowledge is not reciprocal.
From Spencer's Philosophy of Science The Herbert Spencer Lecture Delivered at the Museum 7 November, 1913 by Morgan, C. Lloyd (Conwy Lloyd)
The incepting influence is clearly the gravitative attraction of the earth operating between the moving block and the table.
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
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