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GRAVITATIONAL CONSTANT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(physics) the universal constant relating force to mass and distance in Newton's law of gravitation
Synonyms:
constant of gravitation; G; gravitational constant; universal gravitational constant
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("gravitational constant" is a kind of...):
constant (a number representing a quantity assumed to have a fixed value in a specified mathematical context)
Domain category:
natural philosophy; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)
Holonyms ("gravitational constant" is a part of...):
law of gravitation; Newton's law of gravitation ((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)
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