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noun(grav-i-ta-tion)a force manifested by acceleration toward each other of two free material particles or bodies or of radiant-energy quanta : gravity
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noun(grav-i-ta-tion)the action or process of gravitating
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noun(grav-i-ta-tion)a massive celestial object (such as a galaxy) that bends and focuses the light of another more distant object (such as a quasar) by gravity and that is usually detected by the multiple images it forms of the second object
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noun(grav-i-ta-tion)a series of gravitational waves; also : the generation of such waves (as by a celestial object)
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noun(grav-i-ta-tion)a disturbance in space-time in the form of a wave that propagates the gravitational field
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noun(grav-i-ta-tion)dignity or sobriety of bearing
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noun(grav-i-ta-tion)importance, significance; especially : seriousness
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noun(grav-i-ta-tion)a serious situation or problem