gravitation

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Newton wrote the law of universal gravitation, inspired by a falling apple.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

Jones did it by showing that Ricardo had made these universal rules that he said were as certain as the principle of gravitation.

From Salon • Feb. 1, 2025

Monitoring the Achilles is important as sudden reloading, such as that induced by a change in gravitation force, could result in injury or even rupture.

From Science Daily • Mar. 20, 2024

While TV station owners are enjoying the changing tide by picking up valuable sports programming, they know the audience’s gravitation to streaming is not going to reverse.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 11, 2023

If there is less than a certain critical amount of matter in the universe, the gravitation of the receding galaxies will be insufficient to stop the expansion, and the universe will run away forever.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan