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KEPLER'S SECOND LAW
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A law concerning the speed at which planets travel; a line connecting a planet to the sun will sweep out equal areas in equal times
Example:
Kepler's second law means that a planet's orbital speed changes with its distance from the sun
Synonyms:
Kepler's second law; law of areas; law of equal areas
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Kepler's second law" is a kind of...):
Kepler's law; Kepler's law of planetary motion ((astronomy) one of three empirical laws of planetary motion stated by Johannes Kepler)