Physics · Glossary

What is Gravitational force?

Also known as: gravitation

Definition 4.1 High School Physics · Chapter 4 — Universal Gravitation and Weight

Any two bodies attract each other, whatever they are made of and however far apart they sit. This attraction is the gravitational force, and the phenomenon is gravitation. It needs no contact, no rope and no medium, and it is mutual: each body pulls the other.

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