1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Ablatitious

ABLATITIOUS (from Lat. ablatus, taken away), reducing or withdrawing; in astronomy a force which interferes between the moon and the earth to lessen the strength of gravitation is called “ablatitious,” just as it is called “addititious” when it increases that strength.

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