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Newton's law of gravitation

DEFINITIONS OF: Newton's law of gravitation

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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

Synonyms:
law of gravitation
Type of:
law, law of nature
a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature
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