'Law of gravitation' definitions:
Definition of 'law of gravitation'
From: WordNet
noun
(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: law of gravitation, Newton's law of gravitation]
Definition of 'Law of gravitation'
From: GCIDE
- 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]