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    physics. Gravitation, also known as gravitational attraction, is the mutual attraction between all masses in the universe. Gravity is the gravitational attraction...
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    The gravitational constant is an empirical physical constant involved in the calculation of gravitational effects in Sir Isaac Newton's law of universal...
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  • Gravitational waves are transient displacements in a gravitational field – generated by the relative motion of gravitating masses – that radiate outward...
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  • In classical mechanics, the gravitational potential is a scalar potential associating with each point in space the work (energy transferred) per unit...
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  • Newton's law of universal gravitation states that every particle attracts every other particle in the universe with a force that is proportional to the...
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    A gravitational lens is matter, such as a cluster of galaxies or a point particle, that bends light from a distant source as it travels toward an observer...
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    A gravitational singularity, spacetime singularity or simply singularity is a condition in which gravity is predicted to be so intense that spacetime...
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    Gravitational collapse is the contraction of an astronomical object due to the influence of its own gravity, which tends to draw matter inward toward...
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    In physics and general relativity, gravitational redshift (known as Einstein shift in older literature) is the phenomenon that electromagnetic waves or...
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  • Look up gravitation in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Gravitation is the mass-proportionate force of attraction among matter. Gravitation may also refer...
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    Gravitational energy or gravitational potential energy is the potential energy a massive object has due to its position in a gravitational field. It is...
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    In astrophysics, gravitational compression is a phenomenon in which gravity, acting on the mass of an object, compresses it, reducing its size and increasing...
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    Mass (redirect from Gravitational mass)
    gravitational mass determines the strength of the gravitational field generated by an object. Passive gravitational mass measures the gravitational force...
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  • The term gravitational shielding refers to a hypothetical process of shielding an object from the influence of a gravitational field. Such processes,...
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  • Gravitational capture occurs when one object enters a stable orbit around another (typically referring to natural orbits rather than orbit insertion of...
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    In physics, a gravitational field or gravitational acceleration field is a vector field used to explain the influences that a body extends into the space...
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    making it essentially impossible to observe directly. Objects whose gravitational fields are too strong for light to escape were first considered in the...
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  • A gravitational soliton is a soliton solution of the Einstein field equation. It can be separated into two kinds, a soliton of the vacuum Einstein field...
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  • Gravitational biology is the study of the effects gravity has on living organisms. Throughout the history of the Earth life has evolved to survive changing...
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    In theoretical physics, a gravitational anomaly is an example of a gauge anomaly: it is an effect of quantum mechanics — usually a one-loop diagram—that...
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  • lower the gravitational potential (the closer the clock is to the source of gravitation), the slower time passes, speeding up as the gravitational potential...
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  • A gravitational keyhole is a tiny region of space where a planet's gravity would alter the orbit of a passing asteroid such that the asteroid would collide...
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  • In physics, gravitational acceleration is the acceleration of an object in free fall within a vacuum (and thus without experiencing drag). This is the...
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    concept of potentiality. Common types of potential energy include the gravitational potential energy of an object, the elastic potential energy of a deformed...
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  • is the geometric theory of gravitation published by Albert Einstein in 1915 and is the current description of gravitation in modern physics. General relativity...
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  • Gravitation (Japanese: グラビテーション, Hepburn: Gurabitēshon) is a yaoi manga series written and illustrated by Maki Murakami. The story follows the attempts...
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    Self-gravity is gravitational force exerted by a system, particularly a celestial body or system of bodies, onto itself. At a sufficient mass, this allows...
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    Gravitational microlensing is an astronomical phenomenon caused by the gravitational lens effect. It can be used to detect objects that range from the...
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  • In mathematical physics and differential geometry, a gravitational instanton is a four-dimensional complete Riemannian manifold satisfying the vacuum...
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    gravitational lens or solar gravity lens (SGL) is a theoretical method of using the Sun as a large lens with a physical effect called gravitational lensing...
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