1. newton(n = noun.person) isaac newton, sir isaac newton - English mathematician and physicist; remembered for developing the calculus and for his law of gravitation and his three laws of motion (1642-1727);
is a kind of mathematician, physicist
Derived form adjective newtonian1
2. newton(n = noun.quantity) n - a unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 m/sec/sec to a mass of 1 kilogram; equal to 100,000 dynes;
is a kind of force unit
is a part of sthene
has parts: dyne
newton, n. Physics the SI unit of force that, acting on a mass of one kilogram, increases its velocity by one metre per second every second along the direction that it acts.
Usage:
Abbr.: N.
Etymology:
Sir Isaac Newton, Engl. scientist d. 1727
isaac newton, sir isaac newton
1. law(n = noun.group) jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
is a kind of accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection
has parts: law
has particulars: administrative law, canon law, ecclesiastical law, civil law, case law, common law, precedent, international law, law of nations, law of the land, martial law, commercial law, law merchant, mercantile law, military law, law of moses, mosaic law, islamic law, sharia, sharia law, shariah, shariah law, statutory law, securities law, tax law
2. law(n = noun.communication) - legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity; "there is a law against kidnapping"
is a kind of instrument, legal document, legal instrument, official document
is a part of jurisprudence, law
has particulars: anti-drug law, anti-racketeering law, racketeer influenced and corrupt organizations act, rico, rico act, antitrust law, antitrust legislation, statute of limitations, constitution, fundamental law, organic law, public law, blue law, blue sky law, gag law, homestead law, poor law, riot act, prohibition
3. law(n = noun.cognition) natural law - a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society;
is a kind of concept, conception, construct
has particulars: divine law, principle, sound law
4. law(n = noun.cognition) law of nature - a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature; "the laws of thermodynamics"
is a kind of concept, conception, construct
is a part of theory
has particulars: all-or-none law, principle, rule, archimedes' principle, law of archimedes, avogadro's hypothesis, avogadro's law, bernoulli's law, law of large numbers, benford's law, bose-einstein statistics, boyle's law, mariotte's law, coulomb's law, dalton's law, dalton's law of partial pressures, law of partial pressures, distribution law, equilibrium law, law of chemical equilibrium, fechner's law, weber-fechner law, fermi-dirac statistics, charles's law, gay-lussac's law, law of volumes, henry's law, hooke's law, hubble's law, hubble law, kepler's law, kepler's law of planetary motion, kirchhoff's laws, law of averages, law of constant proportion, law of definite proportions, law of diminishing returns, law of effect, law of equivalent proportions, law of reciprocal proportions, law of gravitation, newton's law of gravitation, dalton's law, law of multiple proportions, law of mass action, law of thermodynamics, mendel's law, law of motion, newton's law, newton's law of motion, ohm's law, pascal's law, pascal's law of fluid pressures, exclusion principle, pauli exclusion principle, mendeleev's law, periodic law, planck's law, planck's radiation law, principle of relativity, power law, stevens' law, stevens' power law, weber's law
5. law(n = noun.cognition) jurisprudence, legal philosophy - the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do;
is a kind of philosophy
has particulars: contract law, corporation law, matrimonial law, patent law
6. law(n = noun.act) practice of law - the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system; "he studied law at Yale"
is a kind of learned profession
Derived form noun lawyer1
7. law(n = noun.group) constabulary, police, police force - the force of policemen and officers; "the law came looking for him"
is a kind of force, personnel, law enforcement agency
has particulars: european law enforcement organisation, europol, gendarmerie, gendarmery, mutawa, mutawa'een, mounties, rcmp, royal canadian mounted police, new scotland yard, scotland yard, secret police, schutzstaffel, ss, posse, posse comitatus
1. In general, a rule of being or of conduct, established by an authority able to enforce its will; a controlling regulation; the mode or order according to which an agent or a power acts. [1913 Webster]
" A law may be universal or particular, written or unwritten, published or secret. From the nature of the highest laws a degree of permanency or stability is always implied; but the power which makes a law, or a superior power, may annul or change it." [1913 Webster]
"These are the statutes and judgments and laws, which the Lord made." [1913 Webster]
"The law of thy God, and the law of the King." [1913 Webster]
"As if they would confine the Interminable . . .
Who made our laws to bind us, not himself." [1913 Webster]
"His mind his kingdom, and his will his law." [1913 Webster]
2. In morals: The will of God as the rule for the disposition and conduct of all responsible beings toward him and toward each other; a rule of living, conformable to righteousness; the rule of action as obligatory on the conscience or moral nature. [1913 Webster]
3. The Jewish or Mosaic code, and that part of Scripture where it is written, in distinction from the
"What things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law . . . But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets." [1913 Webster]
4. An organic rule, as a constitution or charter, establishing and defining the conditions of the existence of a state or other organized community. [1913 Webster]
5. In philosophy and physics: A rule of being, operation, or change, so certain and constant that it is conceived of as imposed by the will of God or by some controlling authority; as, the law of gravitation; the laws of motion; the law heredity; the laws of thought; the laws of cause and effect; law of self-preservation. [1913 Webster]
6. In mathematics: The rule according to which anything, as the change of value of a variable, or the value of the terms of a series, proceeds; mode or order of sequence. [1913 Webster]
7. In arts, works, games, etc.: The rules of construction, or of procedure, conforming to the conditions of success; a principle, maxim; or usage; as, the laws of poetry, of architecture, of courtesy, or of whist. [1913 Webster]
8. Collectively, the whole body of rules relating to one subject, or emanating from one source; -- including usually the writings pertaining to them, and judicial proceedings under them; as, divine law; English law; Roman law; the law of real property; insurance law. [1913 Webster]
9. Legal science; jurisprudence; the principles of equity; applied justice. [1913 Webster]
"Reason is the life of the law; nay, the common law itself is nothing else but reason." [1913 Webster]
"Law is beneficence acting by rule." [1913 Webster]
"And sovereign Law, that state's collected will
O'er thrones and globes elate,
Sits empress, crowning good, repressing ill." [1913 Webster]
10. Trial by the laws of the land; judicial remedy; litigation; as, to go law. [1913 Webster]
"When every case in law is right." [1913 Webster]
"He found law dear and left it cheap." [1913 Webster]
11. An oath, as in the presence of a court. [1913 Webster]
Same as Lawe,
An exclamation of mild surprise. [1913 Webster]
law, n.
1 a a rule enacted or customary in a community and recognized as enjoining or prohibiting certain actions and enforced by the imposition of penalties. b a body of such rules (the law of the land; forbidden under Scots law).
2 the controlling influence of laws; a state of respect for laws (law and order).
3 laws collectively as a social system or subject of study (was reading law).
4 (with defining word) any of the specific branches or applications of law (commercial law; law of contract).
5 binding force or effect (their word is law).
6 (prec. by the) a the legal profession. b colloq. the police.
7 the statute and common law (opp. EQUITY).
8 (in pl.) jurisprudence.
9 a the judicial remedy; litigation. b the lawcourts as providing this (go to law).
10 a rule of action or procedure, e.g. in a game, social context, form of art, etc.
11 a regularity in natural occurrences, esp. as formulated or propounded in particular instances (the laws of nature; the law of gravity; Parkinson's law).
12 a divine commandments as expressed in the Bible or other sources. b (Law of Moses) the precepts of the Pentateuch.
Idiom:
at (or in) law according to the laws. be a law unto oneself do what one feels is right; disregard custom. go to law take legal action; make use of the lawcourts. law-abiding obedient to the laws. law-abidingness obedience to the laws. law agent (in Scotland) a solicitor. law centre Brit. an independent publicly-funded advisory service on legal matters. Law Lord a member of the House of Lords qualified to perform its legal work. law of diminishing returns see DIMINISH. law of nature = natural law. laws of war the limitations on belligerents' action recognized by civilized nations. law term a period appointed for the sitting of lawcourts. lay down the law be dogmatic or authoritarian. take the law into one's own hands redress a grievance by one's own means, esp. by force.
Etymology:
OE lagu f. ON lag something 'laid down' or fixed, rel. to LAY(1)
N precept, direction, instruction, charge, prescript, prescription, recipe, receipt, golden rule, maxim, rule, canon, law, code, corpus juris, lex scripta, act, statute, rubric, stage direction, regulation, form, formula, formulary, technicality, canon law, norm, order.
N conformity, conformance, observance, habituation, naturalization, conventionality, agreement, example, instance, specimen, sample, quotation, exemplification, illustration, case in point, object lesson, elucidation, standard, model, pattern, rule, nature, principle, law, order of things, normal state, natural state, ordinary state, model state, normal condition, natural condition, ordinary condition, model condition, standing dish, standing order, Procrustean law, law of the Medes and Persians, hard and fast rule, conformable to rule, regular, according to regulation, according to rule, according to Hoyle, according to Cocker, according to Gunter, en regle, selon les regles, well regulated, orderly, symmetric, conventional, of daily occurrence, of everyday occurrence, in the natural order of things, ordinary, common, habitual, usual, everyday, workaday, in the order of the day, naturalized, typical, normal, nominal, formal, canonical, orthodox, sound, strict, rigid, positive, uncompromising, Procrustean, secundum artem, shipshape, technical, exempIe, illustrative, in point, conformably, by rule, agreeably to, in conformity with, in accordance with, in keeping with, according to, consistently with, as usual, ad instar, instar omnium, more solito, more-majorum, for the sake of conformity, as a matter of course, of course, pro forma, for form's sake, by the card, invariably, for example, exempli gratia, e, g, inter alia, among other things, for instance, cela va sans dire, ex pede Herculem, noscitur a sociis, ne e quovis ligno Mercurius fiat, they are happy men whose natures sort with their v, The nail that sticks up hammered down, Tall poppy syndrome, Stick your neck out and it may get cut off.
N permission, leave, allowance, sufferance, tolerance, toleration, liberty, law, license, concession, grace, indulgence, favor, dispensation, exemption, release, connivance, vouchsafement, authorization, warranty, accordance, admission, permit, warrant, brevet, precept, sanction, authority, firman, hukm, pass, passport, furlough, license, carte blanche, ticket of leave, grant, charter, patent, letters patent, permitting, permissive, indulgent, permitted, patent, chartered, permissible, allowable, lawful, legitimate, legal, legalized, licit, unforbid, unforbidden, unconditional, by leave, with leave, on leave, speciali gratia, under favor of, pace, ad libitum, by all means, yes, avec permissin, brevet d'invention.
N legality, legitimacy, legitimateness, legislature, law, code, corpus juris, constitution, pandect, charter, enactment, statute, rule, canon, ordinance, institution, regulation, bylaw, byelaw, decree, ordonnance, standing order, plebiscite, legal process, form, formula, formality, rite, arm of the law, habeas corpus, fieri facias, jurisprudence, nomology, legislation, codification, equity, common law, lex, lex nonscripta, law of nations, droit des gens, international law, jus gentium, jus civile, civil law, canon law, crown law, criminal law, statute law, ecclesiastical law, administrative law, lex mercatoria, constitutionalism, constitutionality, justice, court, tribunal, judge, lawyer, attorney, legal counsel, legal, legitimate, according to law, vested, constitutional, chartered, legalized, lawful, statutable, statutory, legislatorial, legislative, regulatory, regulated, legally, in the eye of the law, de jure, ignorantia legis neminem excusat, ignorance of the law is no excuse, where law ends tyranny begins.
N right, what ought to be, what should be, fitness, summum jus, justice, equity, equitableness, propriety, fair play, impartiality, measure for measure, give and take, lex talionis, Astraea, Nemesis, Themis, scales of justice, evenhanded justice, karma, suum cuique, clear stage, fair field and no favor, level playing field, morals, law, honor, virtue, right, good, just, reasonable, fit, equal, equable, equatable, evenhanded, fair, legitimate, justifiable, rightful, as it should be, as it ought to be, lawful deserved, rightly, +a bon droit, au bon droit, in justice, in equity, in reason, without distinction of persons, without regard to persons, without respect to persons, upon even terms, Int, all right!, fair's fair, Dieu et mon droit, in equal scale weighing delight and dole, justitia cuum cuique distribuit, justitiae soror incorrupta fides, justitia virtutem regina, thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just.
action at law, administrative law, admiralty law, against the law, all-or-none law, anti-drug law, anti-racketeering law, antitrust law, avogadro's law, benford's law, bernard law montgomery, bernoulli's law, blue law, blue sky law, boltzmann distribution law, boyle's law, break the law, bye law, canon law, case law, charles's law, civil law, color of law, colour of law, commercial law, common law, conclusion of law, contract law, corporation law, coulomb's law, criminal law, dalton's law, dalton's law of partial pressures, distribution law, divine law, due process of law, ecclesiastical law, equality before the law, equilibrium law, european law enforcement organisation, fechner's law, federal job safety law, federal law enforcement training center, finding of law, first law of motion, first law of thermodynamics, fraud in law, frederick law olmsted, fundamental law, gag law, game law, gay-lussac's law, gestalt law of organization, gresham's law, grimm's law, harmonic law, henry's law, higher law, homestead law, hooke's law, hubble law, hubble's law, international law, international law enforcement agency, islamic law, joule's law, kepler's first law, kepler's law, kepler's law of planetary motion, kepler's second law, kepler's third law, law abiding, law agent, law degree, law enforcement, law enforcement agency, law firm, law merchant, law of action and reaction, law of archimedes, law of areas, law of averages, law of chemical equilibrium, law of closure, law of common fate, law of conservation of energy, law of conservation of mass, law of conservation of matter, law of constant proportion, law of continuation, law of definite proportions, law of diminishing returns, law of effect, law of equal areas, law of equivalent proportions, law of gravitation, law of independent assortment, law of large numbers, law of mass action, law of moses, law of motion, law of multiple proportions, law of nations, law of nature, law of parsimony, law of partial pressures, law of proximity, law of reciprocal proportions, law of segregation, law of similarity, law of the land, law of thermodynamics, law of volumes, law offender, law officer, law practice, law school, law student, lay down the law, le chatelier's law, lynch law, marconi's law, marine law, mariotte's law, maritime law, martial law, matrimonial law, matter of law, maxwell-boltzmann distribution law, mendel's law, mendeleev's law, mercantile law, military law, mosaic law, murphy's law, natural law, newton's first law, newton's first law of motion, newton's law, newton's law of gravitation, newton's law of motion, newton's second law, newton's second law of motion, newton's third law, newton's third law of motion, ohm's law, organic law, parkinson's law, parliamentary law, pascal's law, pascal's law of fluid pressures, patent law, periodic law, planck's law, planck's radiation law, poor law, power law, practice of law, public law, question of law, rejoicing in the law, rejoicing of the law, rejoicing over the law, roman law, rule of law, salic law, school of law, second law of motion, second law of thermodynamics, securities law, sharia law, shariah law, sir bernard law montgomery, sod's law, sound law, statute law, statutory law, stevens' law, stevens' power law, tax law, third law of motion, third law of thermodynamics, unwritten law, valued-policy law, van't hoff's law, verner's law, weber's law, weber-fechner law, zeroth law of thermodynamics
1. In a general sense, from, or out from; proceeding from; belonging to; relating to; concerning; -- used in a variety of applications; as: [1913 Webster]
"That holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God." [1913 Webster]
"I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you." [1913 Webster]
2. Denoting that from which anything proceeds; indicating origin, source, descent, and the like; as, he is of a race of kings; he is of noble blood. [1913 Webster]
3. Denoting possession or ownership, or the relation of subject to attribute; as, the apartment of the consul: the power of the king; a man of courage; the gate of heaven. [1913 Webster]
4. Denoting the material of which anything is composed, or that which it contains; as, a throne of gold; a sword of steel; a wreath of mist; a cup of water. [1913 Webster]
"It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed." [1913 Webster]
"It is a duty to communicate of those blessings we have received." [1913 Webster]
5. Denoting part of an aggregate or whole; belonging to a number or quantity mentioned; out of; from amongst; as, of this little he had some to spare; some of the mines were unproductive; most of the company. [1913 Webster]
"For it was of the Lord to harden their hearts." [1913 Webster]
6. Denoting that by which a person or thing is actuated or impelled; also, the source of a purpose or action; due to; as, they went of their own will; no body can move of itself; he did it of necessity. [1913 Webster]
"Knew you of this fair work?" [1913 Webster]
7. Denoting reference to a thing; about; concerning; relating to; as, to boast of one's achievements; they talked of many things. [1913 Webster]
8. Denoting nearness or distance, either in space or time; from; as, within a league of the town; within an hour of the appointed time. [1913 Webster]
9. Denoting identity or equivalence; -- used with a name or appellation, and equivalent to the relation of apposition; as, the continent of America; the city of Rome; the Island of Cuba. [1913 Webster]
" The use of the word in this sense, as applied to persons, is nearly obsolete." [1913 Webster]
"And told to her of [by] some." [1913 Webster]
"He taught in their synagogues, being glorified of all." [1913 Webster]
"[Jesus] being forty days tempted of the devil." [1913 Webster]
10. Denoting the agent, or person by whom, or thing by which, anything is, or is done; by. [1913 Webster]
11. Denoting relation to place or time; belonging to, or connected with; as, men of Athens; the people of the Middle Ages; in the days of Herod. [1913 Webster]
12. Denoting passage from one state to another; from. Milton. [1913 Webster]
" Of may be used in a subjective or an objective sense. “The love of God” may mean, our love for God, or God's love for us." [1913 Webster]
" From is the primary sense of this preposition; a sense retained in off, the same word differently written for distinction. But this radical sense disappears in most of its application; as, a man of genius; a man of rare endowments; a fossil of a red color, or of an hexagonal figure; he lost all hope of relief; an affair of the cabinet; he is a man of decayed fortune; what is the price of corn? In these and similar phrases, of denotes property or possession, or a relation of some sort involving connection. These applications, however all proceeded from the same primary sense. That which proceeds from, or is produced by, a person or thing, either has had, or still has, a close connection with the same; and hence the word was applied to cases of mere connection, not involving at all the idea of separation." [1913 Webster]
"Not be seen to wink of all the day." [1913 Webster]
"My custom always of the afternoon." [1913 Webster]
"Why, knows not Montague, that of itself
England is safe, if true within itself?" [1913 Webster]
13. During; in the course of. [1913 Webster]
of, prep. connecting a noun (often a verbal noun) or pronoun with a preceding noun, adjective, adverb, or verb, expressing a wide range of relations broadly describable as follows:
1 origin, cause, or authorship (paintings of Turner; people of Rome; died of malnutrition).
2 the material or substance constituting or identifying a thing (a house of cards; was built of bricks).
3 belonging, connection, or possession (a thing of the past; articles of clothing; the head of the business; the tip of the iceberg).
4 identity or close relation (the city of Rome; a pound of apples; a fool of a man).
5 removal, separation, or privation (north of the city; got rid of them; robbed us of {pound}1000).
6 reference, direction, or respect (beware of the dog; suspected of lying; very good of you; short of money; the selling of goods).
7 objective relation (love of music; in search of peace).
8 partition, classification, or inclusion (no more of that; part of the story; a friend of mine; this sort of book; some of us will stay).
9 description, quality, or condition (the hour of prayer; a person of tact; a girl of ten; on the point of leaving).
10 US time in relation to the following hour (a quarter of three).
Idiom:
be of possess intrinsically; give rise to (is of great interest). of all designating the (nominally) least likely or expected example (you of all people!). of all the nerve (or cheek etc.) an exclamation of indignation at a person's impudence etc. of an evening (or morning etc.) colloq.
1 on most evenings (or mornings etc.).
2 at some time in the evenings (or mornings etc.). of late recently. of old formerly; long ago.
Etymology:
OE, unaccented form of {aelig}f, f. Gmc
N relation, bearing, reference, connection, concern, cognation, correlation, analogy, similarity, affinity, homology, alliance, homogeneity, association, approximation, filiation, interest, relevancy, dependency, relationship, relative position, comparison, ratio, proportion, link, tie, bond of union, relative, correlative, cognate, relating to, relative to, in relation with, referable or referrible to, belonging to, appurtenant to, in common with, related, connected, implicated, associated, affiliated, allied to, en rapport, in touch with, approximative, approximating, proportional, proportionate, proportionable, allusive, comparable, in the same category, like, relevant, applicable, equiparant, relatively, pertinently, thereof, as to, as for, as respects, as regards, about, concerning, anent, relating to, as relates to, with relation, with reference to, with respect to, with regard to, in respect of, while speaking of, a propos of, in connection with, by the way, by the by, whereas, for as much as, in as much as, in point of, as far as, on the part of, on the score of, quoad hoc, pro re nata, under the head of, of, in the matter of, in re, thereby hangs a tale.
VB aid, assist, help, succor, lend one's aid, come to the aid, of, contribute, subscribe to, bring aid, give aid, furnish aid, afford aid, supply aid, give a helping hand, stretch a hand, lend a helping hand, lend a hand, bear a helping hand, hold out a hand, hold out a helping hand, give one a life, give one a cast, give one a turn, take by the hand, take in tow, help a lame dog over a stile, lend wings to, relieve, rescue, set up, set agoing, set on one's legs, bear through, pull through, give new life to, be the making of, reinforce, reenforce, recruit, set forward, put forward, push forward, give a lift, give a shove, give an impulse to, promote, further, forward, advance expedite, speed, quicken, hasten, support, sustain, uphold, prop, hold up, bolster, cradle, nourish, nurture, nurse, dry nurse, suckle, put out to nurse, manure, cultivate, force, foster, cherish, foment, feed the flame, fan the flame, serve, do service to, tender to, pander to, administer to, subminister to, minister to, tend, attend, wait on, take care of, entertain, smooth the bed of death, oblige, accommodate, consult the wishes of, humor, cheer, encourage, second, stand by, back, back up, pay the piper, abet, work for, make interest for, stick up for, take up the cudgels for, take up the cause of, espouse the cause of, adopt the cause of, advocate, beat up for recruits, press into the service, squire, give moral support to, keep in countenance, countenance, patronize, lend oneself to, lend one's countenance to, smile upon, shine upon, favor, befriend, take in hand, enlist under the banners of, side with, be of use to, subserve, benefit, render a service, conduce.
N contents, cargo, lading, freight, shipment, load, bale, burden, jag, cartload, shipload, cup of, basket of, of, inside, stuffing, ullage.
VB be due, to, be the due, of, have right to, have title to, have claim to, be entitled to, have a claim upon, belong to, deserve, merit, be worthy of, richly deserve, demand, claim, call upon for, come upon for, appeal to for, revendicate, reclaim, exact, insist on, insist upon, challenge, take one's stand, make a point of, require, lay claim to, assert, assume, arrogate, make good, substantiate, vindicate a claim, vindicate a right, fit for, qualify for, make out a case, give a right, confer a right, entitle, authorize, sanctify, legalize, ordain, prescribe, allot, give every one his due, pay one's dues, have one's due, have one's rights, use a right, assert, enforce, put in force, lay under contribution.
N evidence, facts, premises, data, praecognita, grounds, indication, criterion, testimony, testification, expert testimony, attestation, deposition, examination, admission, authority, warrant, credential, diploma, voucher, certificate, doquet, docket, testamur, record, document, pi ce justificative, deed, warranty, signature, seal, exhibit, material evidence, objective evidence, witness, indicator, hostile witness, eyewitness, earwitness, material witness, state's evidence, deponent, sponsor, cojuror, oral evidence, documentary evidence, hearsay evidence, external evidence, extrinsic evidence, internal evidence, intrinsic evidence, circumstantial evidence, cumulative evidence, ex parte evidence, presumptive evidence, collateral evidence, constructive evidence, proof, evidence in chief, secondary evidence, confirmation, corroboration, support, ratification, authentication, compurgation, wager of law, comprobation, citation, reference, legal research, literature search (experiment), showing, indicative, indicatory, deducible, grounded on, founded on, based on, corroborative, confirmatory, by inference, according to, witness, a fortiori, still more, still less, raison de plus, in corroboration, of, valeat quantum, under seal, under one's hand and seal, dictum de dicto, mise en evidence.
VB indicate, be the sign, of, denote, betoken, argue, testify, bear the impress, of, connote, connotate, represent, stand for, typify, symbolize, put an indication, put a mark, note, mark, stamp, earmark, blaze, label, ticket, docket, dot, spot, score, dash, trace, chalk, print, imprint, impress, engrave, stereotype, make a sign, signalize, underscore, give a signal, hang out a signal, beckon, nod, wink, glance, leer, nudge, shrug, tip the wink, gesticulate, raise the finger, hold up the finger, raise the hand, hold up the hand, saw the air, suit the action to the word, wave a banner, unfurl a banner, hoist a banner, hang out a banner, wave the hand, wave a kerchief, give the cue, show one's colors, give an alarm, sound an alarm, beat the drum, sound the trumpets, raise a cry, sign, seal, attest, underline, call attention to, give notice, indicate, be the sign, of, denote, betoken, argue, testify, bear the impress, of, connote, connotate, represent, stand for, typify, symbolize, put an indication, put a mark, note, mark, stamp, earmark, blaze, label, ticket, docket, dot, spot, score, dash, trace, chalk, print, imprint, impress, engrave, stereotype, make a sign, signalize, underscore, give a signal, hang out a signal, beckon, nod, wink, glance, leer, nudge, shrug, tip the wink, gesticulate, raise the finger, hold up the finger, raise the hand, hold up the hand, saw the air, suit the action to the word, wave a banner, unfurl a banner, hoist a banner, hang out a banner, wave the hand, wave a kerchief, give the cue, show one's colors, give an alarm, sound an alarm, beat the drum, sound the trumpets, raise a cry, sign, seal, attest, underline, call attention to, give notice.
1. gravitation(n = noun.phenomenon) gravitational attraction, gravitational force, gravity - (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"
is a kind of attraction, attractive force
has particulars: solar gravity
Derived forms verb gravitate3, adjective gravitational1
2. gravitation(n = noun.event) - movement downward resulting from gravitational attraction; "irrigation by gravitation rather than by pumps"
is a kind of change of location, travel
has particulars: drop, fall
Antonym: levitation
Derived forms verb gravitate3, adjective gravitational1
3. gravitation(n = noun.cognition) - a figurative movement toward some attraction; "the gravitation of the middle class to the suburbs"
is a kind of drift, movement, trend
Derived forms verb gravitate2, verb gravitate1
1. The act of gravitating. [1913 Webster]
2. That species of attraction or force by which all bodies or particles of matter in the universe tend toward each other; called also
gravitation, n. Physics 1 a force of attraction between any particle of matter in the universe and any other.
2 the effect of this, esp. the falling of bodies to the earth.
Etymology:
mod.L gravitatio (as GRAVITY)
N gravity, gravitation, weight, heaviness, specific gravity, pondorosity, pressure, load, burden, burthen, ballast, counterpoise, lump of, mass of, weight of, lead, millstone, mountain, Ossa on Pelion, weighing, ponderation, trutination, weights, avoirdupois weight, troy weight, apothecaries' weight, grain, scruple, drachma, ounce, pound, lb, arroba, load, stone, hundredweight, cwt, ton, long ton, metric ton, quintal, carat, pennyweight, tod, gram, centigram, milligram, microgram, kilogram, nanogram, picogram, femtogram, attogram, balance, scale, scales, steelyard, beam, weighbridge, spring balance, piezoelectric balance, analytical balance, two-pan balance, one-pan balance, postal scale, baby scale, statics, weighty, weighing, heavy as lead, ponderous, ponderable, lumpish, lumpy, cumbersome, burdensome, cumbrous, unwieldy, massive, incumbent, superincumbent.
constant of gravitation, gravitation wave, law of gravitation, newton's law of gravitation, newton's theory of gravitation, theory of gravitation