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    NEWTON'S LAW OF GRAVITATION

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    (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 themplay

    Synonyms:

    law of gravitation; Newton's law of gravitation

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

    Hypernyms ("Newton's law of gravitation" is a kind of...):

    law; law of nature (a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature)

    Meronyms (parts of "Newton's law of gravitation"):

    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)

    Domain category:

    natural philosophy; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)

    Holonyms ("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)

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