Found 2 items, similar to Law of gravitation.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: law of gravitation
law of gravitation
n : (physics) the law that states any two bodies attract each
other with a force that is directly proportional to the
product of their masses and inversely proportional to the
square of the distance between them [syn:
Newton's law of gravitation
]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Law of gravitation
Gravitation
\Grav"i*ta"tion\, n. [Cf. F. gravitation. See
Gravity.]
1. The act of gravitating.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Pysics) That species of attraction or force by which all
bodies or particles of matter in the universe tend toward
each other; called also
attraction of gravitation,
universal gravitation, and
universal gravity. See
Attraction, and
Weight.
[1913 Webster]
Law of gravitation, that law in accordance with which
gravitation acts, namely, that every two bodies or
portions of matter in the universe attract each other with
a force proportional directly to the quantity of matter
they contain, and inversely to the squares of their
distances.
[1913 Webster]