gravitation

(physics) the force of attraction between all masses in the universe; especially the attraction of the earth's mass for bodies near its surface

• “the more remote the body the less the gravity”
• “the gravitation between two bodies is proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them”
• “gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love” -Albert Einstein

movement downward resulting from gravitational attraction

• “irrigation by gravitation rather than by pumps”

a figurative movement toward some attraction

• “the gravitation of the middle class to the suburbs”