Gravitation
[grævɪ'teɪʃ(ə)n] or [,ɡrævɪ'teʃən]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a figurative movement toward some attraction; 'the gravitation of the middle class to the suburbs'.
(noun.) movement downward resulting from gravitational attraction; 'irrigation by gravitation rather than by pumps'.
整理:罗威娜--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The act of gravitating.
(n.) That species of attraction or force by which all bodies or particles of matter in the universe tend toward each other; called also attraction of gravitation, universal gravitation, and universal gravity. See Attraction, and Weight.
編輯:思朋斯
同義詞及近義詞：
n. Gravity, centripetal force, attraction of gravitation.
芭芭拉校對
娱乐性解釋/意思：
n. The tendency of all bodies to approach one another with a strength proportion to the quantity of matter they contain— the quantity of matter they contain being ascertained by the strength of their tendency to approach one another. This is a lovely and edifying illustration of how science having made A the proof of B makes B the proof of A.
克莱尔手打
例句/造句/用法:
- Thus Galileo invented the telescope, and Newton discovered the law of gravitation. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- It was one of the great forces of nature, which we call gravitation, and the force which kept it in motion we call momentum. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- The elements of a denser kind would, accord ing to the law of gravitation, attract matter of less specific gravity. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- The discoveries of Ampère as to the laws of electricity have been likened to the discovery of Newton of the law of gravitation. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- But gravitation overcame momentum. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- When Newton thought of his theory of gravitation, the creative aspect of his thought was not found in its materials. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- I guarantee that when he sees the apple fall he shall EAT IT, instead of discovering the principle of gravitation. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Among the great _discoveries_ of the past are the attraction of gravitation, the laws of planetary motion, the circulation of the blood, and velocity of light. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- Discoveries;--Attraction of Gravitation; Planetary Motions; Circulation of Blood; Velocity of Light. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- While the Martians are immense, their bones are very large and they are muscled only in proportion to the gravitation which they must overcome. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- By his discovery of the law of gravitation he completed the clear vision of the starry universe that we have to-day. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- He seemed to stand with a proper, rich weight on the face of the earth, whilst Birkin seemed to have the centre of gravitation in his own middle. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- It is also not unlikely that the pressure of gravitation takes part in rope making, by holding the fibers in close contact, even if we do not know how this force operates. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
錄入:赛斯