gravitation

nouns

(physics) the force of attraction between all masses in the universe; especially the attraction of the earth's mass for bodies near its surface
"the more remote the body the less the gravity"; "the gravitation between two bodies is proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them"; "gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love"--Albert Einstein
gravitation, gravitational attraction, gravitational force, gravity
is derived from
gravitational
is derived from
gravitate
movement downward resulting from gravitational attraction
"irrigation by gravitation rather than by pumps"
gravitation
is derived from
gravitational
is derived from
gravitate
antonym
levitation
is a type of (narrower)
a movement through space that changes the location of something
change of location, travel
a figurative movement toward some attraction
"the gravitation of the middle class to the suburbs"
gravitation
is derived from
gravitate
is derived from
gravitate
is a type of (narrower)
a general tendency to change (as of opinion)
"not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book"; "a broad movement of the electorate to the right"
drift, movement, trend