gravitātiō

Meaning

1. New Latingravitation
   Si enim lapis ex alto decidat in librae lancem, magis utique ipsam lancem deprimit, quam si simpliciter eidem imponatur: at actuali suo gravitatis nisu infert lapis hanc depressionem; ea igitur cum major sit cadente lapide, majorem quoque lapidis cadentis gravitationem indicat.If indeed a stone falls from a height into the tray of a balance, it presses down on that very tray undoubtedly more than if it were simply placed upon it: but by its active pressure of gravity the stone brings in this pressing down; therefore when (the pressing down) is more with the falling stone, it indicates also more gravitation of the falling stone.1643, Antonius Deusing, De vero systemate mundi dissertatio mathematica, page 148:
   An elementa in suis locis gravitent vel levitent? ℞. 1. Si gravitatio & levitatio sumatur adaequate pro actu gravitatis & levitatis, omnino cum & conservatio in loco actus sit, elementis naturaliter tribui debet.Do elements fall or rise in position? Response 1. If gravitation and levitation are put equally for the act of heaviness and lightness, in general when preservation is moreover in the place of the act, preservation ought naturally to be granted to the elements.1645, Albert Kyper, Institutiones physicae, page 482:

Declension

Origins

1. Proto-Indo-European*gʷreh₂-
2. Proto-Indo-European*gʷréh₂us
3. Proto-Italic*gʷraus
4. Latingravitātiō

Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -tō Latin -itō Latin gravitō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin gravitatio From gravitō + -tiō.

In English words that came into English from gravitātiō

• gravitationgravitātiō