Gravitational means relating to or resulting from the force of gravity.
[technical]
If a spacecraft travels faster than 11 km a second, it escapes the earth's gravitationalpull.
gravitational in British English
(ˌɡrævɪˈteɪʃənəl)
adjective
of, relating to, or involving gravitation
Derived forms
gravitationally (ˌgraviˈtationally)
adverb
Examples of 'gravitational' in a sentence
gravitational
The gravitational pull is supposed to be that of the earth.
Christianity Today (2000)
But those masses also exert gravitational force upon each other.
Barrow, John D. The Origin of the Universe (1995)
So there is a natural gravitational pull to increasing spending.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
So there is a gravitational pull towards the past.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The relative weakness of gravitational forces also permits a mode of growth that large animals could not maintain.
Kantrow, Alan M. The Constraints of Corporate Tradition (1987)
The gravitational forces race pilots will experience during competition are beyond the point where most people will have passed out.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The implication is that the gravitational pull of the dark matter is what caused galaxies to form in the first place.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
As she's trapped by his gravitational field.
The Sun (2012)
Something must be causing it, exerting some gravitational force as yet unexplained.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The room revolves around her, caught in her gravitational pull.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
No evidence supports the belief we are influenced by its gravitational forces, researchers say.
The Sun (2016)
As the difficulty increases, you use the gravitational pull of objects to push him the right way.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
He suggested using video game simulations of fictional worlds with different laws of nature, such as gravitational forces.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The problem is that gravitational waves are so small that no observatory on Earth has been able to detect them directly.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Wouldn't escaping our own planet's gravitational field be the biggest escape of all?
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The result of the gravitational pull of the moon and sun on Earth, tidal power is reliable and inexhaustible.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The woman is the only character who doesn't exist really, she is like a gravitational pull on the story.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
It is noticeable at parties that, far from being shunned, those carefree souls who light up invariably become a gravitational force.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
So just as the moon's gravitational force produces tides in the sea, it produces biological tides in the human body which can affect the brain.
The Sun (2007)
In other languages
gravitational
British English: gravitational ADJECTIVE
Gravitational means relating to or resulting from the force of gravity.
If a spacecraft travels faster than 11 km a second, it escapes the earth's gravitational pull.
American English: gravitational
Brazilian Portuguese: gravitacional
Chinese: 与引力有关的
European Spanish: gravitacional
French: gravitationnel
German: Gravitations-
Italian: gravitazionale
Japanese: 重力の
Korean: 중력의
European Portuguese: gravitacional
Latin American Spanish: gravitacional
All related terms of 'gravitational'
gravitational lens
a lenslike effect in which light rays are bent when passing through the gravitational field of such massive objects as galaxies or black holes
gravitational mass
the mass of a body determined by its response to the force of gravity
gravitational pull
attraction caused by gravitation
gravitational wave
a wave-like motion in a gravitational field , produced when a mass is accelerated or otherwise disturbed ; they travel through space-time at the speed of light and the strongest sources are those with the strongest gravitational fields , although the waves are very weak ; predicted by Einstein in 1916 but not first observed directly until 2015
gravitational collapse
the final stage of stellar evolution in which a star collapses to a final state, as a white dwarf , neutron star, or black hole, when the star's nuclear reactions no longer generate enough pressure to balance the attractive force of gravity
gravitational constant
the factor relating force to mass and distance in Newton's law of gravitation . It is a universal constant with the value 6.673 × 10 –11 N m 2 kg –2
gravitational field
the field of force surrounding a body of finite mass in which another body would experience an attractive force that is proportional to the product of the masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them
gravitational interaction
an interaction between particles or bodies resulting from their mass. It is very weak and occurs at all distances
gravity wave
a surface wave on water or other liquid propagated because of the weight of liquid in the crests