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non-gravitational
adjective
(alsonongravitational)uk /ˌnɒn.ɡræv.ɪˈteɪ.ʃən.əl/ us /ˌnɑːn.ɡræv.əˈteɪ.ʃən.əl/
not relating to gravity (= the force that makes things fall to the ground) or gravitation(= the force that attracts objects towards one another):
non-gravitational fields of study, such as electromagnetism
These effects may have a non-gravitational cause.
People are far too strongly bound by non-gravitational forces to be affected by the gravitational forces that cause the tides.
Comets may display examples of non-gravitational acceleration caused, for example, by gases emitted from their surface.
Non-gravitational physics allows us to consider arbitrarily large amounts of energy in a confined region, which is of course not possible if gravity is included.
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