Newton's theory of gravitation
(physics) the theory that any two particles of matter attract one another with a force directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them • Syn: theory of gravitation, theory of gravity, gravitational theory • Topics: physics, natural philosophy • Hypernyms: scientific theory • Part Meronyms: law of gravitation, Newton's law of gravitation
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