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attraction

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attraction
a force by which one object attracts another, such as the gravitational or electrostatic force


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By a Law of Nature with us, there is a constant attraction to the South; and, although in temperate climates this is very slight -- so that even a Woman in reasonable health can journey several furlongs northward without much difficulty -- yet the hampering effect of the southward attraction is quite sufficient to serve as a compass in most parts of our earth.
Flatland by Abbott, Edwin View in context
at the instant that the attraction of the moon exactly counterpoises that of the earth; that is to say at 47/52 of its passage.
From The Earth To The Moon by Verne, Jules View in context
It ended with the double hypothesis: either the attraction of the moon would draw it to herself, and the travelers thus attain their end; or that the projectile, held in one immutable orbit, would gravitate around the lunar disc to all eternity.
Round The Moon by Verne, Jules View in context
 
 
 
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