adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Pertaining to, or caused by, gravity or gravitation. not-comparable

   "Unlike most moons of the solar system, ours has the heft, the gravitational gravitas, to pull itself into a sphere."

Adjective

1. 1
   of or relating to or caused by gravitation wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

gravitativegravitatorygraviticgravitic

Example

More examples

"The observation of gravitational waves will start a new phase in the study of the universe."

Etymology

From gravitation + -al.

Related phrases

active gravitational masscosmic gravitational wave backgroundcosmic gravitational-wave backgroundgravitational assistgravitational collapsegravitational constantgravitational convectiongravitational fieldgravitational forcegravitational interactiongravitational keyholegravitational lens

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