newton's law of gravitation

Noun
  1. (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 (synset 105890474)
    referred to in: natural philosophy, physics - the science of matter and energy and their interactions
    is a type of: law, law of nature - a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature
    has: constant of gravitation, g, gravitational constant, universal gravitational constant - (physics) the universal constant relating force to mass and distance in Newton's law of gravitation
    is a part of: gravitational theory, newton's theory of gravitation, theory of gravitation, theory of gravity - (physics) the theory that any two particles of matter attract one another with a force directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them
    same as: law of gravitation

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