Law Of Gravitation (Noun)
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 them.
Classification
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.
Examples
- Sir Isaac Newton formulated the law of gravitation in his groundbreaking work Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica in 1687.
- The law of gravitation is a fundamental concept in physics that describes the interaction between two objects with mass.
- The law of gravitation explains why objects fall towards the ground and why planets orbit around stars.
- According to the law of gravitation, the force of attraction between two objects increases as the distance between them decreases.
- The law of gravitation has been extensively tested and validated through numerous experiments and observations in various fields of physics.