The gravitational pull of the moon and the sun causes the tides in our oceans. From LearnThat.org.
(Force) = (gravitational mass) × (intensity of the gravitational field), where the gravitational mass is likewise a characteristic constant for the body. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 19. The Gravitational Field] Reference
LIGO, the largest experiment so far for spying the ripples in space-time known as gravitational waves. From Wordnik.com. [New Scientist - Online News] Reference
We can detect it by the so called gravitational lensing. From Wordnik.com. [Universe Today] Reference
This ring is called a gravitational lens, or Einstein ring. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
2 hr 50 min ago, -0/+75that's what we call gravitational lensing. From Wordnik.com. [Original Signal - Transmitting Digg] Reference
Water in excess of capillary and hygroscopic water is called gravitational water. From Wordnik.com. [Infiltration and soil water storage] Reference
That window, called a gravitational keyhole, is only about 600 meters across for the 2029 encounter. From Wordnik.com. [Museum Blogs] Reference
According to Einstein, massive orbiting objects give off a type of energy called gravitational radiation. From Wordnik.com. [SpaceRef Top Stories] Reference
This zero-volume, infinitely dense region at the center of a black hole is called a gravitational singularity. From Wordnik.com. [the atomic uni-verse] Reference
The process is known as gravitational lensing, and is one of the predictions of the general theory of relativity. From Wordnik.com. [the atomic uni-verse] Reference
The mass of an object referred to in the law of gravitation is called gravitational mass, in contrast to inertial mass. From Wordnik.com. Reference
One is a one-step process involving a rapid collapse of gas around a dense region known as a gravitational instability. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion] Reference
One was found by ground-based telescopes using a technique called gravitational lensing, and another by the Corot satellite. From Wordnik.com. [New Scientist - Space] Reference
These waves of curvature in space-time are known as gravitational waves and will temporarily distort any object they pass through. From Wordnik.com. [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference
The bending of light around massive objects is now known as gravitational lensing, and has become an important tool in astrophysics. From Wordnik.com. [Wired Top Stories] Reference
What are you, some kind of gravitational monopolists or something?. From Wordnik.com. [au revoir, Mad V: incorporated, but not forgotten « raincoaster] Reference
What -- what attracted me to journalism was kind of gravitational pull. From Wordnik.com. [First, Do No Harm: The Dramatic Story of Real Doctors and Patients Making Impossible Choices at a Big-City Hospital] Reference
Are you talking about some other form of radiation, such as gravitational?. From Wordnik.com. [Dark Matter: Still Existing] Reference
On second thought, I have to admit, realism does exert a kind of gravitational pull. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-06-07] Reference
Maybe absolute confidence gave you that kind of gravitational pull, or maybe it was just the fanatic?. From Wordnik.com. [Catspaw]
Its nature is best indicated by the term "gravitational"; but it is also called. From Wordnik.com. [A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition] Reference
It’s not a big effect, but it is one that Einstein predicted called the gravitational redshift. From Wordnik.com. [Euclid’s Window] Reference
Before we get to the numbers, let's examine why rents exercise a kind of gravitational pull over home prices. From Wordnik.com. [CNN.com] Reference
De France plays Tania, a former swimming champion, and her body exerts a kind of gravitational pull on those who surround her. From Wordnik.com. [AltWeeklies.com Site Feed] Reference
A Lagrange point is a kind of gravitational sweet spot, where a small object can be stationary relative to two larger objects. From Wordnik.com. [New Scientist - Online News] Reference
Also called gravitational wave. From Wordnik.com. [Gerry Browning: Numerical Climate Models « Climate Audit] Reference
Alcatel isn't the only big European company feeling that gravitational tug. From Wordnik.com. [Buying American] Reference
Without the gravitational pull of EU membership, will these changes continue?. From Wordnik.com. [Who Lost Turkey?] Reference
That hasn't stopped a new drive to regulate the rides 'gravitational or G-forces. From Wordnik.com. [Fighting G-Force] Reference
Strength in emerging economies is also exerting a gravitational pull on potential migrants. From Wordnik.com. [The New Dream Isn’t American] Reference
As it happened, political pros were beginning to feel the gravitational tug of Perot's rising star. From Wordnik.com. [Superhero] Reference
Instead, their orbits and mass are deduced from their gravitational effects on the stars themselves. From Wordnik.com. [Dawn Of A New Solar System] Reference
"Hopping up and down only increases the gravitational force by which that will come out," Epperly says. From Wordnik.com. [Should Swimmers Shake Water Out of Their Ears?] Reference
Both Blair and Cameron are yielding to the gravitational pull of the political center, where the votes are. From Wordnik.com. [The Cameron Effect] Reference
Gravity: When black holes collide, the calamity should flood the cosmos with gravitational radiation, physicists predict. From Wordnik.com. [Uncovering Secrets, Big And Small] Reference
Mars, having a weaker gravitational field than Earth's, tends to lose whole chunks of itself when bombarded by comets or asteroids. From Wordnik.com. [The Search For Life] Reference
The French are beginning to figure out that the United States is a perpetual-motion machine with an irresistible gravitational pull. From Wordnik.com. [Letter From America: Culture Clash] Reference
Articulate, witty and totally nongeeky (black jeans, contacts, former wrestler, vegan), Greene's gravitational pull rivals a black hole's. From Wordnik.com. [Physics Envy] Reference
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