HyperDic: law_of_areas

English > 1 sense of the expression law of areas:
NOUNcognitionlaw of areas, Kepler's second law, law of equal areasa law concerning the speed at which planets travel
English > law of areas: 1 sense > noun 1, cognition
MeaningA law concerning the speed at which planets travel; a line connecting a planet to the sun will sweep out equal areas in equal times.
SynonymsKepler's second law, law of equal areas
BroaderKepler's law, Kepler's law of planetary motion(astronomy) one of three empirical laws of planetary motion stated by Johannes Kepler

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