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law of gravitation

[ law uhv grav-i-tey-shuhn ]

noun

, Physics.
  1. a law stating that any two masses attract each other with a force equal to a constant (​called the gravitational constant ) multiplied by the product of the two masses and divided by the square of the distance between them.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of law of gravitation1

First recorded in 1755–65

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