law-gravitation
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.
Also called law of universal gravitation.
Origin:
1755–65
1755–65
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See Newton's law of gravitation. |
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