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Definition of Gravitational field
1. Noun. A field of force surrounding a body of finite mass.
Definition of Gravitational field
1. Noun. (physics) the field produced by the gravitational force of mass ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gravitational Field
Literary usage of Gravitational field
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Relativity: The Special and General Theory by Albert Einstein (1921)
"... XIX THE gravitational field "TF we pick up a stone and then let it go, why J[
does it fall to the ground?" The usual answer to this question is: ..."
2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"... 43 seconds of arc per century, the deflection of starlight by the sun's
gravitational field, and the effect of a gravitational field on the wavelength ..."
3. The Theory of General Relativity and Gravitation: Based on a Course of by Ludwik Silberstein (1922)
"In the sub-case of a stationary gravitational field, when the whole tensor of
matter is reduced to T^ = p, we have by (726), as the only surviving 7'« ..."
4. The Elements of Physics: A College Text-book by Edward Leamington Nichols, William Suddards Franklin (1896)
"(4) gravitational field at a point is defined by the equation F = mlg (see Art.
311). From Newton's law of gravitation, we have F = k~.^ (see Art. 57, Vol. ..."
5. The Theory of Relativity by Robert Daniel Carmichael (1920)
"This property is also shared by the force of gravitation; the gravitational field
produces an acceleration which is independent of the nature or the mass of ..."
6. Magnetic Fields of Force: An Exposition of the Phenomena of Magnetism by Hermann Ebert (1897)
"gravitational field of force.—At all places on the earth's surface we find that
freely movable masses have a tendency to move downward, this tendency being ..."
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