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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This movement is carried out in the lines of the earth's gravitative attraction, and to a certain extent over the surface of the containing vessel.
From The Energy System of Matter A Deduction from Terrestrial Energy Phenomena by Weir, James
Everything then that possesses gravitative attraction is matter in the sense in which that term is used in this law.
From The Machinery of the Universe Mechanical Conceptions of Physical Phenomena by Dolbear, A. E. (Amos Emerson)
Whatever may be the value of the mass assumed, its total energy and the gravitative attraction of the planetary body on it are both alike entirely and directly dependent on that mass value.
From The Energy System of Matter A Deduction from Terrestrial Energy Phenomena by Weir, James
The distortional movement of the material is carried out against the action and within the field of certain forces which exist in the mass of material in virtue of its gravitative or cohesive qualities.
From The Energy System of Matter A Deduction from Terrestrial Energy Phenomena by Weir, James
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
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