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law of gravitation

–noun Physics.
a law stating that any two masses attract each other with a force equal to a constant (constant of gravitation) multiplied by the product of the two masses and divided by the square of the distance between them.


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1755–65
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Main Entry: law of gravitation
Function: noun
: a statement in physics: any particle in the universe attracts any other particle with a force that is proportional to theproduct of the masses of the two particles and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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law of gravitation  
See Newton's law of gravitation.
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