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ATTRACTIVE FORCE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The force by which one object attracts another
Synonyms:
attraction; attractive force
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("attractive force" is a kind of...):
force ((physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "attractive force"):
affinity ((immunology) the attraction between an antigen and an antibody)
bond; chemical bond (an electrical force linking atoms)
gravitation; gravitational attraction; gravitational force; gravity ((physics) the force of attraction between all masses in the universe; especially the attraction of the earth's mass for bodies near its surface)
magnetic attraction; magnetic force; magnetism (attraction for iron; associated with electric currents as well as magnets; characterized by fields of force)
van der Waal's forces (relatively weak attraction between neutral atoms and molecules arising from polarization induced in each particle by the presence of other particles)
