ATTRACTIVE FORCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does attractive force mean? 

• ATTRACTIVE FORCE (noun)
  The noun ATTRACTIVE FORCE has 1 sense:

1. the force by which one object attracts another

  Familiarity information: ATTRACTIVE FORCE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ATTRACTIVE FORCE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The force by which one object attracts another

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Synonyms:

attraction; attractive force

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)