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gravitational attraction

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Noun1.gravitational attractiongravitational attraction - (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
natural philosophy, physics - the science of matter and energy and their interactions; "his favorite subject was physics"
attraction, attractive force - the force by which one object attracts another
solar gravity - the gravity of the sun; "solar gravity creates extreme pressures and temperatures"


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By spotting temperature differences of a few hundred-thousandths of a kelvin, Smoot's instrument revealed the first evidence of those stretched-out quantum irregularities--the seeds of further lumpiness built up by gravitational attraction.
Private property exerts an almost gravitational attraction in Fortune's Fool, a phenomenon reflected in John Arnone's elegant slice-of-life sets.
What can account for this mutual gravitational attraction that is cosmic in nature and telegenic in scope?
 
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