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Definition of “gravitational field”

gravitational field

Definitions

noun

  1. the field of force surrounding a body of finite mass in which another body would experience an attractive force that is proportional to the product of the masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them

Example Sentences Including 'gravitational field'

A neutron star has a gravitational field about 300,000 times that of Earth.
Globe and Mail (2003)
Another sort was in the case of Schwarzschild's treatment of the gravitational field surrounding a spherical mass.
North, John The Fontana history of Astronomy and Cosmology
GRADUATE LEVEL 4. Einstein's theory stated that - flows more slowly in a strong gravitational field than outside it.5.
Ottawa Sun (2003)
Rather than examining the overall strength of the gravitational field , they looked at the gravity gradient.
Times, Sunday Times (2001)
Some of these dirty snowballs were flung out by Jupiter's gravitational field to form the Oort Cloud of comets.
New Scientist (1998)
The bending of starlight in the gravitational field of the Sun, by precisely the amount predicted in his equations.
Various Looking For the Spark
The electromagnetic field is tremendously stronger than the gravitational field , so the former could be made to overcome the latter.
Asimov, Isaac The Complete Stories Volume 2
Variations in the Earth's gravitational field can be used to detect unusual structures.
Times, Sunday Times (2001)
`Once Professor Priss sends the ball into the volume of zero gravity, it will no longer be affected by Earth's gravitational field.
Asimov, Isaac The Complete Stories Volume 2

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