🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

중력 인력

Pronunciation / Transliteration: jungnyeok illyeok

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Gravitational attraction/ˌɡræv.ɪˈteɪ.ʃən.əl əˈtræk.ʃən/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #8500 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"중력 인력은 행성들이 태양 주위를 돌게 합니다."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The universal attractive force existing between any two objects with mass, proportional to their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them.

    "Gravitational attraction keeps the planets in orbit around the Sun."
  2. 2

    The tendency of physical bodies to draw toward one another due to gravity.

    "The gravitational attraction between the Earth and the Moon creates ocean tides."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'gravitational', derived from the Latin 'gravis' meaning heavy, originating in late 16th-century scientific English via New Latin 'gravitationem', and 'attraction', from the Latin 'attractio', formed from 'attrahere' (to draw toward). It emerged during the scientific revolution of the 17th century to describe the force uniting celestial mechanics as formulated by Sir Isaac Newton.

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