gravitation

See also: Gravitation

English

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin gravitātiō. Equivalent to gravity +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɡɹævɪˈteɪʃən/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

gravitation (usually uncountable, plural gravitations)

1. (physics) The fundamental force of attraction that exists between all matter in the universe, caused by the curvature of spacetime caused by matter. It is the weakest of the four fundamental interactions, and possesses a gauge boson known as the graviton.

Antonyms

• levitation

Derived terms

• antigravitation
• autogravitation
• degravitation
• gravitate
• gravitational
• quantum gravitation
• supergravitation

 

Translations

fundamental force of attraction

• Azerbaijani:

  Abjad: جاذبه (jāzibæ), انجذاب (injizab), چکيم (chækîm)

  Roman: cazibə (az), çəkim

• Bashkir: тартым (tartım), тартылыу (tartılıw)
• Bengali: অভিকর্ষ (bn) (obhikorśo), মহাকর্ষ (bn) (mohakorśo), মাধ্যাকর্ষণ (bn) (maddhakorśon)
• Bulgarian: гравитация f (gravitacija)
• Catalan: gravitació f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 重力 (zh) (zhònglì), 引力 (zh) (yǐnlì)

• Chuvash: туртӑм (turt̬ăm)
• Crimean Tatar: cazibe, incizap
• Czech: přitažlivost f, gravitace (cs) f
• Dutch: zwaartekracht (nl) f, gravitatie (nl) f
• Esperanto: gravitada ondo
• Finnish: painovoima (fi), gravitaatio (fi)
• French: gravitation (fr) f
• Georgian: მიზიდულობა (miziduloba), გრავიტაცია (graviṭacia)
• German: Schwerkraft (de) f, Gravitation (de) f
• Hungarian: gravitáció (hu), tömegvonzás (hu)
• Ido: gravitado (io)
• Indonesian: gravitasi (id)
• Interlingua: gravitation
• Irish: imtharraingt (ga) f
• Italian: gravitazione (it) f, gravità (it) f, interazione gravitazionale (it) f
• Japanese: 引力 (ja) (いんりょく, inryoku), 重力 (ja) (じゅうりょく, jūryoku)
• Karachay-Balkar: тартыу (tartıu)
• Karakalpak: tartıw
• Kazakh: тартылыс (tartylys), тарту (kk) (tartu)
• Khakas: тартылғаны (tartılğanı)
• Korean: 인력(引力) (ko) (illyeok), 중력(重力) (ko) (jungnyeok)
• Kumyk: тартыв (tartıw), чегим (çegim)
• Kyrgyz: тартылуу (ky) (tartıluu)
• Latvian: gravitācija f
• Luxembourgish: Gravitatioun f
• Malay: graviti (ms)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: gravitasjon m

  Nynorsk: gravitasjon m

• Ottoman Turkish: انجذاب (incizâb), جاذبه (câzibe), آغرلغڭ آغمەسی (ağırlığın ağması), ثقلت (sıqlet)
• Persian: گرانش (fa), جاذبه (fa)
• Polish: grawitacja (pl) f, ciążenie (pl) n, siła ciążenia f
• Portuguese: gravitação (pt) f
• Romanian: gravitație (ro) f
• Russian: гравита́ция (ru) f (gravitácija), тяготе́ние (ru) n (tjagoténije), притяже́ние (ru) n (pritjažénije)
• Salar: datqusi
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: гравита́ција f, те́жа f

  Roman: gravitácija (sh) f, téža (sh) f

• Slovene: gravitácija f
• Southern Altai: тартар (tartar), тартыш (tartïš)
• Spanish: gravitación (es) f
• Swedish: gravitation (sv) c, tyngdkraft (sv) c
• Tagalog: karagsinan
• Tatar: тартым (tt) (tartım), тартылу (tartılu)
• Turkish: kütleçekim (tr), çekim (tr)
• Turkmen: ýerdartyş, dartyş, dartylma
• Tuvan: тыртары (tırtarı), тыртыжыышкын (tırtıjıışkın), тыртыжылга (tırtıjılga)
• Ukrainian: гравіта́ція f (hravitácija)
• Uyghur: تارتىش (tartish)
• Uzbek: joziba (uz)
• Vietnamese: tương tác hấp dẫn, lực hấp dẫn
• Welsh: disgyrchedd m

See also

• gravity

French

Etymology

English gravitation, itself borrowed from New Latin gravitātiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁa.vi.ta.sjɔ̃/

• Audio (France):

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Noun

gravitation f (plural gravitations)

1. (physics) gravitation

   Near-synonyms: pesanteur, gravité

Derived terms

• gravitationnel

Related terms

• graviter

Further reading

• “gravitation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin gravitātiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡravɪtaˈɧuːn/

Noun

gravitation c

1. (physics) gravitation

   Gravitation är svagare än elektromagnetismen, men påverkar all materia och energi.

   Gravity is weaker than electromagnetism, but affects all matter and energy.

Declension

Declension of gravitation

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	gravitation	gravitations
	definite	gravitationen	gravitationens
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Related terms

• gravitationell
• gravitationsfält
• gravitationslins
• gravitationsstrålning
• gravitationsvåg
• gravitera
• graviton

 

See also

• (fundamental interactions) fundamental växelverkan; elektromagnetisk växelverkan, gravitation, stark växelverkan, svag växelverkan ^{(Category: sv:Physics)}