gravitation - CISMeF

Preferred Label : gravitation;

MeSH definition : Acceleration produced by the mutual attraction of two masses, and of magnitude inversely proportional to the square of the distance between the two centers of mass. It is also the force imparted by the earth, moon, or a planet to an object near its surface. (From NASA Thesaurus, 1988);

MeSH hyponym : G force; Force, G; G Forces;

Related MeSH term : gravistimulation; gravity; Gravities;

MeSH annotation : no qualif;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity;

Details

Origin ID

D006112;

UMLS CUI

C0018216;

Record concept(s)
- G force [MeSH concept]
- gravistimulation [MeSH concept]
- gravitation [MeSH concept]
- gravity [MeSH concept]
See also
- gravitropism [MeSH Descriptor]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- gravity sensing [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Natural Phenomenon or Process [UMLS semantic type]

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