Definition of Gravitating

1. Verb. (present participle of gravitate) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Gravitating

1. gravitate [v] - See also: gravitate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gravitating

gravings
graviperception
graviphoton
graviphotons
graviportal
gravireaction
gravireceptors
graviscalar
graviscalars
gravitactic
gravitas
gravitases
gravitate
gravitated
gravitates
gravitating (current term)
gravitation
gravitation abscess
gravitation wave
gravitational
gravitational attraction
gravitational collapse
gravitational constant
gravitational convection
gravitational field
gravitational fields
gravitational force
gravitational interaction
gravitational lens

Literary usage of Gravitating

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on the Mathematical Theory of Elasticity by Augustus Edward Hough Love (1906)
"The case of a nearly spherical body of gravitating incompressible material ... Apart from the difficulty concerning the initial stress in a gravitating body ..."

2. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1873)
"If we desire, therefore, to find evidence of the joint influence of solar expansion and gravitating equilibrium, we should look where it is most likely to ..."

3. The Elements of Mechanics by James Renwick (1832)
"At the surface of a gravitating fluid, the quantity dp, which depends upon the ... When a gravitating liquid is placed in an open vessel, its particles move ..."

4. Instructions to Young Sportsmen in All that Relates to Guns and Shooting by Peter Hawker (1826)
"gravitating STOPS. AN insurance from accidents, with a double gun, ... The gravitating stops, I should not omit to mention, require to be kept very clean, ..."

5. The Elements of Mechanics by James Renwick (1832)
"At the surface of a gravitating fluid, the quantity dp, which depends upon the depth of the fluid, is = 0 ; hence, the equation (351) of the surface, ..."

6. Instructions to Young Sportsmen, in All that Relates to Guns and Shooting by Peter Hawker, William Trotter Porter (1846)
"gravitating STOPS. An insurance from accidents, with a double gun, is completely effected by the late Mr. Joseph Manton's gravitating stops, ..."

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