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Words related to gravitation

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  • law of gravitation

    a law stating that any two masses attract each other with a force equal to a constant (constant of gravitation) multiplied by the product of the two masses and divided by the square of the distance between them.

  • constant of gravitation

    a law stating that any two masses attract each other with a force equal to a constant (constant of gravitation) multiplied by the product of the two masses and divided by the square of the distance between them.

  • gravitational constant

    constant of gravitation. See under law of gravitation.

  • cavendish experiment

    the experiment, conducted by Henry Cavendish, that determined the constant of gravitation by using a torsion balance and measuring the torsion produced by two masses placed at given distances from the masses on the balance.

  • celestial mechanics

    the study of the motion of celestial bodies under the influence of gravitational fields
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